Stop And Frisk Research Paper
Stop & Frisk
Josue Torres
Research Methods
Against Stop & Frisk
I am aware that here in New York we are surrounded by all types of people and of all cultures and races but why if this is so and we have our Constitution as it is written do we have to deal with this Stop and Frisk situation. I believe this is an invasion of space and privacy and that this violates our rights as citizens of this country. The Stop and frisk program is being done by the New York Police Department. They are stopping thousands of people and are searching for contraband and weapons.
This type of searches happens when police see a suspicious person trying to commit a crime, so they stopped them before it happens. The police …show more content…
Floyd went upstairs to got some keys to the basement lock then he and his tenant went to the basement apartment door and started trying the various keys.
They thought that he was trying to break into the house and the officer then stated he was never searched which was a lie as well as said that they were not aware of any quotas needed to be met, which of course was a lie. There was also the case with David Ourlicht, who is an African–American and Italian; he said that around 10 a.m. June 6 2008, he was sitting on a bench with an African–American male friend, outside housing complex in Harlem in New York. Ourlicht then noticed two men in uniform walking through the complex.
When the two officers reached the corner, they turned around drew their weapons and started screaming to get down on the floor and said it was a gun around them. Everybody get on the floor then a blue van arrived with four officers. All of the police officers started were running and had their guns out and told Ourlicht that they had received reports of a gun in the area. The officers began to search Ourlicht and lifted him by the
Josue Torres
Research Methods
Against Stop & Frisk
I am aware that here in New York we are surrounded by all types of people and of all cultures and races but why if this is so and we have our Constitution as it is written do we have to deal with this Stop and Frisk situation. I believe this is an invasion of space and privacy and that this violates our rights as citizens of this country. The Stop and frisk program is being done by the New York Police Department. They are stopping thousands of people and are searching for contraband and weapons.
This type of searches happens when police see a suspicious person trying to commit a crime, so they stopped them before it happens. The police …show more content…
Floyd went upstairs to got some keys to the basement lock then he and his tenant went to the basement apartment door and started trying the various keys.
They thought that he was trying to break into the house and the officer then stated he was never searched which was a lie as well as said that they were not aware of any quotas needed to be met, which of course was a lie. There was also the case with David Ourlicht, who is an African–American and Italian; he said that around 10 a.m. June 6 2008, he was sitting on a bench with an African–American male friend, outside housing complex in Harlem in New York. Ourlicht then noticed two men in uniform walking through the complex.
When the two officers reached the corner, they turned around drew their weapons and started screaming to get down on the floor and said it was a gun around them. Everybody get on the floor then a blue van arrived with four officers. All of the police officers started were running and had their guns out and told Ourlicht that they had received reports of a gun in the area. The officers began to search Ourlicht and lifted him by the