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Stop and Frisk: It's in Philadelphia, Too!
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/07/stop_and_frisk.phpNew York isn't the only Northeastern city with controversial policing practices.
Today, the New York Times has a story detailing Philadelphia's stop-and-frisk policy.
And while the City of Brotherly Love's decision to implement stop and frisk remains a topic of debate, the municipality's officials seem more willing to hear out civil rights concerns than Michael Bloomberg and Ray Kelly, with the Mayor's attitude toward Philadelphia's policies being described as "dismissive" by the Times.
"Why would any rational person want to trade what we have here for the situation in Philadelphia -- more murders, higher crime?" he told reporters.
So how is Philadelphia different than the Big Apple?
