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<blockquote data-quote="roadrunner2012" data-source="post: 1191469" data-attributes="member: 40736">Here&#039;s the problem with that, the crime rate in NYC has been going steadily downwards for some time. The rate of &#039;stop &amp; frisks&#039; has been going up at a disproportionate rate. Over 50% of those stopped are Black, over 30% are Hispanic. Of all those stopped, one out of every 143 stop &amp; frisks of a Black person turns up illicit goods, one out of every 99 stops of an Hispanic comes up with some illicit good. When White people are stopped &amp; frisked, one out of every 27 results in an illicit good.I have no problem with a person being stopped because they are wearing gang colors, but being a person of color should not be a reason to be stopped. It&#039;s crap like this that worries me:<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/22/nyregion/bronx-officers-recording-suggests-race-is-factor-in-stops.html?ref=stopandfrisk" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/22/nyregion/bronx-officers-recording-suggests-race-is-factor-in-stops.html?ref=stopandfrisk</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="roadrunner2012, post: 1191469, member: 40736"] Here's the problem with that, the crime rate in NYC has been going steadily downwards for some time. The rate of 'stop & frisks' has been going up at a disproportionate rate. Over 50% of those stopped are Black, over 30% are Hispanic. Of all those stopped, one out of every 143 stop & frisks of a Black person turns up illicit goods, one out of every 99 stops of an Hispanic comes up with some illicit good. When White people are stopped & frisked, one out of every 27 results in an illicit good. I have no problem with a person being stopped because they are wearing gang colors, but being a person of color should not be a reason to be stopped. It's crap like this that worries me: [url]http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/22/nyregion/bronx-officers-recording-suggests-race-is-factor-in-stops.html?ref=stopandfrisk[/url] [/QUOTE]

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