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Source: Reuters
By Chris Francescani
NEW YORK | Sun Jun 10, 2012 2:46pm EDT
(Reuters) - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg took his defense of the police department's "Stop and Frisk" program to one of Brooklyn's highest crime communities on Sunday, championing the program from the pulpit of a black church in Brownsville.
Civil rights advocates, civil libertarians and a federal judge have criticized some aspects of the program as unlawful, abusive of residents' rights and disproportionately aimed at blacks and Latinos.
Use of the stop and frisk program - in which police stop and question people they suspect of unlawful activity and frisk those they suspect of carrying a weapon - has risen dramatically during the Bloomberg administration, to 685,724 in 2011 from 160,851 in 2003. About 53 percent of those stops resulted in physical searches.
With Police Commissioner Ray Kelly sitting in the front row of the First Baptist Church of Brownsville, Bloomberg detailed a flurry of statistics he said showed the program had saved minority lives while still lowering the number of people incarcerated from a decade ago.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/10/us-usa-newyork-stopandfrisk-idUSBRE8590CE20120610
99Forever
(14,524 posts)Is that even allowed here?
dionysus
(26,467 posts)99Forever
(14,524 posts)... a "problem" because I ask a simple question?
Got a nose problem?
snooper2
(30,151 posts)Ian David
(69,059 posts)99Forever
(14,524 posts)Ian David
(69,059 posts)99Forever
(14,524 posts).. here I was thinking that you were acting like a decent human being. Guess I won't make that mistake again.
EFerrari
(163,986 posts)So, you have to put some sort of spin on an article before you post it?
Freddie Stubbs
(29,853 posts)Brigid
(17,621 posts)Bloomberg is trying to destroyv his re-election chances.
dsc
(52,175 posts)so there is nothing to destroy in that regard.
Brigid
(17,621 posts)Considering the kind of stunts he's been pulling lately.
Number23
(24,544 posts)What?
EFerrari
(163,986 posts)This is what impunity looks like.
spin
(17,493 posts)But the average person finds the expense and hurdles involved in getting a carry permit daunting at the least.
The Rich, the Famous, the Armed
By JO CRAVEN McGINTY
Published: February 18, 2011
MEN and women. Democrats and Republicans. Doctors, lawyers, merchants and moguls. A remarkable, if relatively small, cross-section of New Yorkers legally own handguns, according to public records obtained by The New York Times.
Among the more than 37,000 people licensed to have a handgun in the city are dozens of boldface names and public figures: prominent business leaders, elected officials, celebrities, journalists, judges and lawyers.
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The 41,164 handguns registered with the Police Department as of Jan. 14 include those owned by more than 2,400 people who live outside the city but have permission to bring their weapons here people like Roger E. Ailes, the president of Fox News, whose license lists an address in New Jersey; John J. Mack, the chairman of Morgan Stanley, who lives in Westchester County; and Sean Hannity, the conservative talk-show host, who lives on Long Island.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/02/20/nyregion/20-Owners.html?ref=nyregion
The argument over whether people should be allowed to own or carry firearms is another debate. I just feel that when it is allowed, it should be a privilege available to all honest citizens. When the one percent gets all the goodies, I get upset.
Check out the multimedia link on the page to see some other people who have the right to own or carry firearms in Mayor Bloomberg's kingdom.
Meiko
(1,076 posts)Of course it doesn't mention the armed security details that follow these elitists around. I could care less really. If they have money and want to spend it on guns and armed guards, go ahead. What I object to is the double standard, it's one of the things that is slowly eroding our country.
spin
(17,493 posts)but I feel it would be only fair if a totally honest Joe Blow who lives in a dangerous neighborhood has the same privilege without unreasonable expense or hassle.
PavePusher
(15,374 posts)Not much to ask of him, IMNSHO.
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)spin
(17,493 posts)_ed_
(1,734 posts)financial criminal.
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)I'm sure that's going to teach them to love and respect the police. Not.