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In reply to the discussion: NYPD Police Chief Bratton: 'We Are Not A Racist Organizarion" [View all]sabbat hunter
(7,094 posts)9. the broken windows policy
includes things like farejumpers (which hits all races and areas as you get stupid people in all neighborhoods, or people in a rush that don't want to wait on the line for the metrocard machine, etc)
Broken windows means stamping out even minor crimes (which like felonies proportionally happen in greater numbers in poor neighborhoods). Arresting/ticketing after the fact. Stop and frisk was entirely different.
You put police officers where the crimes happen.
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racism = applying 'broken windows'to men of color but giving whites a pass
Liberal_in_LA
Aug 2014
#3
Bratton is right. The NYPD focuses its efforts on areas with the highest crime.
badtoworse
Aug 2014
#6
this is america. black men who have not committed a crime should NOT be sibject to searches
Liberal_in_LA
Aug 2014
#7
As a rule, the young men of color they mass stop and search aren't dealing drugs, either.
Comrade Grumpy
Aug 2014
#12
I've worked for Wall Street firms for the last three years and saw no evidence of that.
badtoworse
Aug 2014
#24
but they are focusing on blacks. White guys doing the same behavior are given a pass
Liberal_in_LA
Aug 2014
#36
you do understand that it's racist to enforce lawsfor one race and not the other?
Liberal_in_LA
Aug 2014
#42
Yes let us focus on behavior. So he says nothing about his force and their para-military behavior?
Rex
Aug 2014
#17
Anyone interested in some Idaho beachfront? Big discount over the coastal stuff!
TheKentuckian
Aug 2014
#19