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Re:What I learned about stop and frisk from watching my blac... by ritchiea on Tuesday April 01, 2014 @06:50PM (#7512333)
Actually the stop & frisk policy the author is writing about is legal in NYC & ex-Mayor Bloomberg was a big proponent, going as far as saying New York police stop whites too often and nonwhites not often enough[0].

0. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/29/nyregion/bloomberg-says-ma...

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Re:What I learned about stop and frisk from watching my blac... by cperciva on Tuesday April 01, 2014 @07:02PM (#7512388)
the stop & frisk policy the author is writing about is legal

There is a law which supports it. But that law might well be unconstitutional, in which case the policy it supports is not necessarily legal.

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Re:What I learned about stop and frisk from watching my blac... by ritchiea on Tuesday April 01, 2014 @07:07PM (#7512409)
Correct, it may be unconstitutional but I believe the case is still in court and for now it is still policy in NYC. Since it is current NYC city policy and has not yet been definitively ruled unconstitutional I think it's fair to call the practice "legal in NYC."
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