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Top 10 Places To Get Stopped And Frisked By The NYPD

Top 10 Places To Get Stopped And Frisked By The NYPD

Top 10 Places To Get Stopped And Frisked By The NYPD The NYCLU has analyzed the locations of the 684,330 people who were stopped and frisked by the NYPD last year and has determined the top 10 neighborhoods where the tactic was used the most. Precincts in East New York and Brownsville came in first and second on the list, with 31,100 and 25,167 people stopped respectively. The only Precinct in Manhattan that made the list was the 23rd in Harlem. “My community doesn’t have one of the highest rates of crime,” Councilmember Melissa Mark-Viverito told the Daily News. That's strange, considering the NYPD only targets high-crime areas and would never, ever racially profile. [ more › ]
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Top 10 Places To Get Stopped And Frisked By The NYPD
Christopher Robbins
Tue, 20 Mar 2012 19:20:59 GMT

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