End Of New York’s Stop And Frisk Means Less Violence

Posted by | December 10, 2015 14:20 | Filed under: Politics Top Stories

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The decline of stop and frisk has led to the decline in shootings and murders in New York.

(Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

The gist of the data is this: between 2011 and 2014, the frequency of stop-and-frisks dropped by 93% in the city, thanks to public outcry, a federal lawsuit, and the election of reform-minded mayor Bill de Blasio. Over that same time period, murders and shootings dropped precipitously as well. As the NYCLU notes, that last part is especially important, because according to stop-and-frisk supporters, the seizure of guns and subsequent reduction in gun violence was the whole point of the program.

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12 responses to End Of New York’s Stop And Frisk Means Less Violence

  1. rg9rts December 10th, 2015 at 14:59

    Maybe not harassing the locals calmed a lot of tensions

    • whatthe46 December 10th, 2015 at 17:25

      I agree

      • rg9rts December 10th, 2015 at 20:17

        go home

        • whatthe46 December 10th, 2015 at 21:35

          what? lol

        • whatthe46 December 10th, 2015 at 21:41

          my son and his friend are downstairs playing music. i.e., he’s on the drums and his friend is on bass. they are pretty good. they’ve played at sam ash on open mic nights.

          • rg9rts December 11th, 2015 at 00:34

            Thats who….OK…next time

  2. Suzanne McFly December 10th, 2015 at 15:13

    Has anyone let the republican party know this?

    • bpollen December 10th, 2015 at 17:36

      Naaaaa… they are all about that there river in Egypt – de Nile.

    • fahvel December 10th, 2015 at 21:30

      they would not understand the math

  3. tracey marie December 10th, 2015 at 16:43

    when you don’t discriminate you don’t cause more tension….geee, who knew.

  4. truthseeker2436577@yahoo.com December 12th, 2015 at 01:24

    Civil liberties being respected is sacrosanct.

  5. maggie December 23rd, 2015 at 15:29

    it just shows you that law enforcement at the local and fed level has no idea of what works…they just like violence

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