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Fox News Ignores Reduction Of Violent Crime In Cities Without Stop-And-Frisk

Research August 14, 2013 2:03 PM EDT ››› HANNAH GROCH-BEGLEY

Fox News cherry-picked data to falsely claim that New York City's stop-and-frisk policies reduced crime, when in fact many cities without the policy saw larger declines in violent crime and the drop in violence in New York was part of a trend that preceded widespread use of the controversial policy.

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Multiple Cities Without Stop-And-Frisk Had Higher Reductions In Violent Crime Rates Than New York
.. FOX unfair and more fair .. http://mediamatters.org/research/2013/08/14/fox-news-ignores-reduction-of-violent-crime-in/195397

.. some of the last stats in this from yours could arise from a tinge of 'white privilege' feelings ..

"Judge Scheindlin found that in 88 percent of these stops, the individual was innocent of any wrongdoing; that in 98.5 percent of the frisks, no weapon was found; that 83 percent of the Department's stop-and-frisks were directed at blacks and Hispanics, even though blacks and Hispanics make up only 52 percent of the population; that the police were 40 percent more likely to use force when dealing with blacks and Hispanics than when dealing with whites; and that the officers were 40 percent more likely to find weapons and 28 percent more likely to find contraband when they frisked whites than when they frisked blacks and Hispanics."

hey .. i'm white, mate .. they won't stop me .. whites would believe they were less likely to be stopped for nothing at all ..

NYPD sergeant: Crime will go back up, people will carry guns without stop and frisk

After Manhattan Federal Judge Shira Scheindlin ruled that the stop-and-frisk practice was unconstitutional, at least one NYPD sergeant believes the streets will become more dangerous without the crime-fighting tool.

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Thursday, August 15, 2013, 2:30 AM Comments (1)

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/nypd-sergeant-crime-back-stop-frisk-article-1.1427225

.. policing is a tough game 'specially for the good guys, but they've been told .. hey, you gotta be acting constitutionally guys ..