Trump calls for nationwide 'stop-and-frisk' policy
Source: Politico
Donald Trump on Wednesday called for the controversial stop-and-frisk policing practice to be instituted nationwide as a means of combating violent crime in Americas inner cities.
In a pre-taped interview on Fox News scheduled to air Wednesday night, Trump was asked by an audience member what he would do to address violence in the black community and black-on-black crime. Trump responded by proposing that stop-and-frisk policing, in which an officer is empowered to stop an individual and frisk them for weapons or any other illegal contraband, be adopted nationwide.
I would do stop-and-frisk. I think you have to. We did it in New York, it worked incredibly well and you have to be proactive and, you know, you really help people sort of change their mind automatically, Trump told the questioner. You understand, you have to have, in my opinion, I see whats going on here, I see whats going on in Chicago, I think stop-and-frisk. In New York City it was so incredible, the way it worked. Now, we had a very good mayor, but New York City was incredible, the way that worked, so I think that could be one step you could do.
The practice, carried out most famously in New York but also by other police departments, is frequently criticized as an avenue for officers commit acts of racial profiling. Others tout it as responsible for a dramatic drop in New York Citys crime rate, although former NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton said in 2015 that the practice is not a significant factor in the crime rate of this city.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/donald-trump-stop-and-frisk-228486
Keep up the good work Don; your African-American outreach is working brilliantly.
SHRED
(28,136 posts)This fucker wants a nation wide police state.
LuvNewcastle
(16,847 posts)His supporters will be all for it because we all know Trump doesn't want to stop and frisk older white people. They'll be the ones doing the stopping and frisking.
FarPoint
(12,409 posts)Police love him.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,503 posts)I know no one cares anymore, but:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Thrill
(19,178 posts)When it's convenient
dgibby
(9,474 posts)they think they're a la carte menus, just pick and choose what you like.
Kathy M
(1,242 posts)LiberalFighter
(50,950 posts)Women?
bucolic_frolic
(43,191 posts)The man needs to be institutionalized, and quick
Lunatic of the first order
Creepy Daddy complex
Raven123
(4,849 posts)"... an officer is empowered to stop an individual and frisk them for weapons or any other illegal contraband..."
Why should the police need to look for something to which we all have a right? Orr ..... does he now believe weapons are or should be illegal? Wonder what the NRA would think of that.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)in their eyes, carrying a gun while white is okay. Carrying while black- that's a whole other kettle of fish.
olddad56
(5,732 posts)He has to be related to Hitler in some way.
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jalan48
(13,870 posts)Lokilooney
(322 posts)And the civil forfeiture that would result would be an example of it being used for it's original intent.
MattP
(3,304 posts)turbinetree
(24,703 posts)and then prior to showing this they had on there pre-screening at the new gestapofaux headquarters, then gestapofaux called on this person to ask 'that" question, to the head racist fascist bigot fraud of the deplorable's
https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005686
blueseas
(11,575 posts)When will the people with a conscious wake up to this ugly, ugly nightmare?
KewlKat
(5,624 posts)he says nothing!
jcgoldie
(11,631 posts)...that these same fuckers are fighting for 'conceal and carry' everywhere and fighting tooth and nail against any restrictions to buying a gun and yet they think they can solve crime by frisking everyone?? So it's really let any white person carry guns without speedbumps and pat down any black people you see...
etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)riversedge
(70,243 posts)pansypoo53219
(20,981 posts)Crash2Parties
(6,017 posts)tonyt53
(5,737 posts)Charles Bukowski
(1,132 posts)that's highly unconstitutional on multiple levels.