“Patrol was not difficult work. They stopped any niggers they saw and demanded their passes. They stopped niggers they knew to be free, for their amusement but also to remind the Africans of the forces arrayed against them, whether they were owned by a white man or not.” Abuse Of PowerPolice PowerStop And Frisk Book:The Underground Railroad Source: The Underground Railroad
“I'm sorry, but any police department in America that tries to function without some form of 'stop and frisk,' or whatever terminology they use, is doomed to failure. It's that simple.” TryingUseAmericaFormSimpleFunctionPoliceSorryDepartmentDoomedI'm SorryTerminologyPolice DepartmentStop And Frisk Author:William Bratton
“There is no doubt that Stop-and-Frisk does not yield the desired results, and it is apparent that it disproportionately targets minority communities.” DoeCommunityResultsDoubtNo DoubtMinoritiesTargetYieldStop And Frisk Author:Yvette Clarke
“Look at it this way: this administration is taking unprecedented steps to make sure that the government's secrets remain private while simultaneously invading the privacy of its citizens... Many innocents must be violated so that a few guilty people can be stopped. It's a digital stop-and-frisk.” PeopleWayLooksGovernmentSecretStepsCitizensGuiltyAdministrationPrivacyDigitalUnprecedentedNsaInvadingStop And Frisk Author:Charles M. Blow
“If you go to a college campus and you do stop and frisk, you're going to find a lot of drugs there too.” IfsCollegeDrugCampusCollege CampusStop And Frisk Author:Talib Kweli
“As the data from the past decade clarify, there is no evidence that poverty causes crime but a great deal of evidence that crime causes poverty. By aligning themselves against the police, against commonsense tactics like stop and frisk, against metal detectors in public housing, against swift and certain punishment, and for a broad array of legal protections for accused criminals, liberals helped to aggrieve the lives of the poor and society as a whole.” WholePastCertainCausesPoorDealsPovertyCrimeEvidencePoliceProtectionDecadesCriminalsPunishmentDataBroadsMetalsAccusedTacticsHousingPublic HousingMetal DetectorsStop And Frisk Author:Mona Charen
“I assume Obama knows about stop and frisk, so this is not the person that should be the head of homeland security. I had to say something. Kelly's nomination would go against who President Obama is.” KnowsShouldPersonsPresidentSecurityAssumingPresident ObamaHomelandNominationsHomeland SecurityStop And Frisk Author:Adepero Oduye
“Stop-and-frisk was ruled unconstitutional in New York, because it largely singled out black and Hispanic young men.” MenYoungBlackNew YorkYoung ManHispanicUnconstitutionalStop And Frisk Author:Lester Holt
“Stop-and-frisk was found to be unconstitutional and, in part, because it was ineffective. It did not do what it needed to do.” FoundNeededUnconstitutionalStop And Frisk Author:Hillary Clinton
“His [Donald Trump] urban policy is stop and frisk, law and order. And we need investment and development.” NeedsLawOrderPolicyDevelopmentTrumpInvestmentUrbanLaw And OrderStop And Frisk Author:Jesse Jackson
“I understand that not everyone agrees with my perspective on Ray Kelly. But what you gotta look at here is somebody like Bill de Blasio talking out of both sides of his mouth and trying to have it both ways on a really critical issue like stop-and-frisk.” WayTryingLooksSidesTalkingIssuesPerspectiveMouthsAgreeBillsCriticalRaysBoth SidesStop And Frisk Author:Christine Quinn
“Mayor De Blasio's appointment of Bill Bratton as police commissioner is the height of hypocrisy. Asking Bratton to stop racial profiling and stop and frisk is like asking an arsonist to help you put out fires. Bratton along with his partner Giuliani started and supported racial profiling stops. A new progressive mayor? I think not!” ThinkingHelpingFireAskingPoliceBillsPartnersHeightHypocrisyProgressiveMayorsAppointmentsRacial ProfilingCommissionersArsonistsStop And Frisk Author:Charles Barron