New Stop-and-Frisk Data: NYPD's Controversial Policing Tactic is On The Rise And Still Racist

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from AlterNet:



New Stop-and-Frisk Data: NYPD's Controversial Policing Tactic is On The Rise And Still Racist


Today, the New York Civil Liberties Union released new stop-and-frisk data for 2011. According to the report, officers conducted more than 685,000 stops last year -- a 14 percent increase since 2010. The data once again found that the stop-and-frisks are racially motivated, with black and Latino New Yorkers making up 87 percent of those stopped. Once stopped, blacks and Latinos were also more likely to be frisked.

Police justify the use of stop-and-frisk as a life-saving tool to get guns off the streets. But the data repeatedly shows that a stop-and-frisk resulting in a gun confiscation is not just unlikely, but extremely rare: 55.7 percent of stops result in frisks, and less than two percent of them find a gun.

What's more, while the number of stop-and-frisks has skyrocketed over recent years, the number of guns recovered has stayed relatively stable. According to the NYCLU report,

In 2011 as compared to 2003 (the earliest year a gun recovery figure is available), the NYPD conducted 524,873 more stops but recovered only 176 more guns. This amounts to an additional recovery rate of three one-hundredths of one percent.

At 41 percent of all stops, the largest demographic for stop-and-frisk is Black and Latino youths, even though they make up only about four percent of the New York City population. ...............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/927727/new_stop-and-frisk_data%3A_nypd%27s_controversial_policing_tactic_is_on_the_rise_and_still_racist/

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