English 102-220 Dr. Elliott July 9‚ 2013 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
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Imagine you are walking down a block in New York City. When all of sudden you hear a loud siren; the cops. 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
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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
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Stop and Frisk Rough Draft The Stop and Frisk program employed by the New York Police Department‚ gives police officers the right to initiate a stop of an individual on the street allegedly based on reasonable suspicion of criminal activity. Stop and frisk has been an NYPD tool for decades‚ but in recent years it has generated an increased amount of criticism and debate due to the alarming rate in which they occur communities of color‚ who often feel under attack and harassed by the police. Minorities
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Shoppers stop has covered a long journey from being a single brand shop to becoming a fashion lifestore for family. It has emerged as the highest benchmark in India retail industry due to its credibility and superior quality. In this report‚ we are focusing on the people behind its success‚ its employees and their management. The performance driven company is an employee friendly organisation and is open to experiences. 2. INTRODUCTION Shopper Stop is an Indian departmental store
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usually 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
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1050260 Stop smoking 2 STOP SMOKING Smoking can hurt smokers’ health and other people around them but why is it legal? Smokers in the world spend enormous amounts of money instead of using it for education‚ healthcare…‚ or while millions of people in Africa die because of no food‚ that is moral? Why do people spend their money to kill themselves instead of taking care of their family or contributing to social causes? According to the Lung Association
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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
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citizens or about 1.5%. The increase of arrests was definitely due to policy change‚ as is illustrated when comparing population growth numbers by the increase in people actually stopped and those arrested. Current law allows police officers to conduct stop and frisk searches of persons based on reasonable suspicion‚ as determined by Terry v. Ohio where supreme court decisions determined that individuals can be searched not only for probable cause (where an individual is under suspicion of committing
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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
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