NYPD Report Reveals Stop & Frisk Reports Down, Hispanics & Blacks Still Targeted
A New York Police Department report reveals that from 2011 to 2012, the number of stop and frisk stops were reduced by 22 percent, however among the stopped, African-Americans and Hispanic-Americans are stopped the most. The report finds that proper training and assigning veteran cops to more high crime areas have helped reduce the number of stop and frisk reports. The numbers however still paint a tale divided by racial lines:
The NYPD conducted over 533,000 stops and frisks in 2012 and over 685,000 in 2011. Over 7,000 weapons were recovered in 2012 from stop and frisk. Over 55 percent of those stopped were Black men, while white men made up only 3 percent. The information is in the reports titled “Reasonable Suspicion Stops: Precinct Based Comparison by Stop and Suspect Description.”
Below is a video from RT, on Oakland possibly bringing stop and frisk to the city:
Amsterdam News Article: Stop-and-frisk incidents down, Blacks still targeted
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