Kimberly Searcy dge Shira Scheindlin ruled Monday that the many detractors of NYPD’s discriminatory Stop and Frisk policy have been right all along: the policy is unconstitutional and needs a major overhaul if it is to survive. The detrimental effects of Stop and Frisk have been widely reported for years now by several outlets, including TWiB, and data substantiating the lived experiences of targeted residents show that the policy is deeply flawed. But why represent all of your constituents’ humanity, or believe hard facts, when you could double down and claim, as New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg did, that what New York needs is MORE racial profiling? An ugly history of turning the department you lead into a more efficiently racist paramilitary machine could even get you promoted! Just ask NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly, who seems to be on President Obama’s short list to head the Department of Homeland Security. Of course, it’s beyond dispute that he is eminently qualified: who else has so much experience illegally targeting Muslims?
Posted on: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 23:13:50 +0000
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