Every year, the police are stopping hundreds and thousands of law abiding citizens in one of the most controversial police procedures the stop and frisk search. An analysis by the NYCLU, New York Civil Liberties Union, revealed that innocent civilians have been subjected to police stops and street interrogations which are vastly known as "stop-and-frisk." Stop and frisk can be defined as the situation in which a police officer who is suspicious of an individual detains the person and frisk search, run hands lightly over the suspects outer garments, for weapons and then questions them. If no further evidence is found, the person is then released. Although, this program may sometimes be effective I am against this particular police procedure
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Under the 4th amendment case law, a constitutional search and seizure must be based on probable cause. Whereas a stop and frisk search was usually conducted on the basis of reasonable suspicion, a somewhat lower standard than probable cause. Recently viewed, a video posted on "The New York Times" website a reporter was sent to interview the people in the New York region. One interviewee, Vincent Mattos, stated, " although everyone has approval for the procedure and welcome a police presence the community is in an uproar." "They may have somebody at a stop sign that doesn 't have a seatbelt on, they get them out of the car and they 're in their pants looking," stated Matto, in which proves the invasion of privacy corresponding to the stop and frisk procedure. He also mentions that because of the geopraphic area in which they are located the police makes about 93 stops for every 100 residents which is 86 more times than they would normally because this is a predominantly black neighborhood, equally important proving the recent racial discrimination opinion.
Further more, the Stop and frisk procedure has not lived up to its standards. Stop and frisk are meant to stop crime or at the least lower crime rates, take guns off the street and make you feel safer. Although crime rates have dropped by 20% in NYC, its nothing compared
Under the 4th amendment case law, a constitutional search and seizure must be based on probable cause. Whereas a stop and frisk search was usually conducted on the basis of reasonable suspicion, a somewhat lower standard than probable cause. Recently viewed, a video posted on "The New York Times" website a reporter was sent to interview the people in the New York region. One interviewee, Vincent Mattos, stated, " although everyone has approval for the procedure and welcome a police presence the community is in an uproar." "They may have somebody at a stop sign that doesn 't have a seatbelt on, they get them out of the car and they 're in their pants looking," stated Matto, in which proves the invasion of privacy corresponding to the stop and frisk procedure. He also mentions that because of the geopraphic area in which they are located the police makes about 93 stops for every 100 residents which is 86 more times than they would normally because this is a predominantly black neighborhood, equally important proving the recent racial discrimination opinion.
Further more, the Stop and frisk procedure has not lived up to its standards. Stop and frisk are meant to stop crime or at the least lower crime rates, take guns off the street and make you feel safer. Although crime rates have dropped by 20% in NYC, its nothing compared