Ethnicity and stop and frisk laws have called for the attention of the courts to determine whether it is an abuse of power and whether minorities are the majority when pertaining to stop and frisk laws. This research will focus on the effects ethnicity has on stop and frisks laws. Ethnicity and Stop and Frisk laws have become a topic of concern because it questions the constitutional right of the fourth amendment. Police Officers are said to abuse power given their authority to stop and frisk a person…
Stop and Frisk’s Dilemma Hannah Anis Business 28A 81110 Professor A. Chen November 25, 2014 A dominant group of research has shown that the stop-and -frisk has brought a huge issue regarding racial profiling (Alpert, Dunham, & Smith, 2007). Specifically, African American and Latino New Yorkers were overwhelmingly targeted for stop-and-frisk activity (Stop-and-Frisk, 2011). The activity of stop-and-frisk is an action that any police officer can partake in whenever they feel like they have…
Stop and Frisk page2 Abstract This paper was written to take a look at both sides of the stop and frisk program. By examining both sides I hope to show the effectiveness of the program, but not to leave out the possible negative effects also. There is no doubt that this program has gain a lot of negative attention, the main controversial issue at hand is that the people feel that it gives the cops to much authority to stop anyone they can. This program is to believe that it is a way to…
Position Paper-Draft New York City Stop and Frisk Policy In the city where crime was at all time high during the nineties, the top politicians in New York City decided that something should be done to help stop crime. The NYPD implemented the “Stop and Frisk” policy to bring the crime rate down in the city. However it did more than exceed its expectations and it has been more of a negative than a positive. This policy created tension between the NYPD and the law abiding citizens of New York City because…
Stop and Frisk Shauna Hinchley CJ105 April 29 2013 Mr. Kagawa Stop and Frisk The stop and frisk is when a police officer stops a person, one he/she believes is suspicious individual, and with lawful intent, pats down in search of a hidden weapon in the suspect 's clothing. It seems like a controversial law, arguable yet justifiable. How would you feel if you were stopped by a policeman? Probably scared, angry, and even confused? Of course, if you were innocent. What if you were a drug dealer…
Lethal red and blue lights cast circles on the concrete around you. The police car stops and two officers get out of the car and prevent you from walking any further. They interrogate you and then they frisk you. Even though what you are experiencing is demoralizing, you realize that it is something that you would have become accustomed to because you are an African American living in New York City.Stop and frisk promotes institutionalized racism which negatively affects minorities living in New…
takes place in order to stop a crime from occurring. On the other hand, many find the technique to be inappropriate and just down right wrong. Several have different opinions about the stopping and frisking process. Many individuals have different views on the whole stopping and frisking technique. Dennis C. Smith, who is a professor of public policy at New York University and was a paid consultant for the New York Police Department in litigation involving stop and frisk, believes that stopping…
constitutional rights. Stop and frisk was to help fight crime on the streets but all it caused was racial profiling by officers everyday for the last twelve years. Stop and frisk has been used and abused and young adults are afraid to leave their house because they know they will be harassed for no good reason. Stop and frisk has caused a war between the officers and people no one feels confortable going up to an officer for help because of pervious encounters because of stop and frisks. Why has this been…
called “Stop and Frisk” which is a prevalent tactic used, especially in New York. “Stop and Frisk” means to be randomly searched by police or high authority when they suspect a bystander is carrying something suspicious. “Stop and Frisk” is a political issue that has been a concern for a long period of time. According to the articles “Growing up with Stop and Frisk” by Sara Maria Glanowski and “Why Stop and Frisk Matters, Even if You Don’t Live in New York” by Andrew Cohen, the cons towards “Stop and…
has been a lot of actions that the police have been used on citizens and innocent bystander. One of these actions are called “Stop and Frisk”, which has been used a lot these days, specially in New York. “ Stop and Frisk” means to be randomly search by police or a high authority when they suspect a bystander is carrying something suspicious. At times " Stop and Frisk” can be helpful at times , but not most of the time , and in some cases it has been believed to be used by high authorities…