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Criminal

Jul. 11, 2012

Stop-and-frisk doesn't work and results in racial profiling

San Francisco is considering adopting New York's stop-and-frisk program. By Alan Schlosser of the ACLU of Northern California


San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee made the wrong call when he suggested bringing the New York Police Department's failed stop-and-frisk program to San Francisco. Since he made those comments, city officials, the ACLU and other civil rights organizations, and the community have responded with shock and dismay.


The NYPD's stop-and-frisk practices raise serious concerns over racial profiling and illegal stops. It poisons police-community relations. And it doesn...

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