Aug 14, 2013

The Hunted & The Hated

This past Monday,  a federal judge ruled that New York City’s controversial stop and frisk policy was unconstitutional and amounts to "indirect racial profiling" as officers routinely stop "blacks and Hispanics who would not have been stopped if they were white." An avalanche of bullshit has come down since the ruling defending this odious policy. The billionaire mayor of New York, for example, stated that this ruling will negatively impact the city's crime rate. This claim flies in the face of the facts which is that nine out of ten people stopped were not arrested or even given a summons. Guns were found in 0.12% of stops with men and .013% for women. In a nutshell, the vast majority of those questioned were innocent of any wrongdoing. To make any correlation between stop and frisk and major drops in crime is just ignorant and, in truth, uncovers some ugly truths. Listening to the young brother in the above clip gives us a glimpse of the human toll these stops take and it is important that everyone understands this. The clip below is equally powerful - listen to the good preacher's words carefully.....
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