a federal judge has ruled that stop and frisk in New York City is
unconstitutional
however this judge does not want to get rid of stop-and-frisk
she would like to reformat so let me know the details on her ruling and
others as Judge Shira Scheindlin
and she it basically laid out the reasons why she felt that it was
unconstitutional she said that it was a policy I've
indirect racial profiling %uh it had a human toll love
unconstitutional stops and also demeaning and humiliating experience
specifically for minorities as you guys are well aware of now the reason why we
say that is because %uh the vast majority of the stops about ninety
percent were done on minorities
and cops were wrong eighty-eight percent of the time in terms of finding these
people doing something illegal carrying a weapon having drugs on them
anything most the time they were innocent I
so it was a huge problem now as to the constitutionality of stop-and-frisk she
says the following:
the stops demonstrated a widespread disregard for the Fourth Amendment which
protects against unreasonable searches and seizures
by the government as well as the Fourteenth Amendments equal protection
clause
so number one useless a reason to stop a search someone
and rate Kaluza police commissioner in new york city in Bloomberg who's the
mayor
were like nah I don't think so no just ignore the Constitution an
14th amendment bows to process and saying he wait a minute used to treat
everybody the same here
about fifty percent overpopulation New York is
blacks and Latinos but they're being disproportionately stopped as an
referred to
massively disproportionately so you're not giving them due process you're
assuming that
minorities are more likely to be guilty then why people are
and in fact Bloomberg kinda confirm what she was saying
in interview on the radio about a month ago he said
if anything we're stopping minorities too little
the problem is blacks in with your little ones committing crimes
so we have to stop them and we're gonna stop them thereby saying yes it's
terribly racial
what's amazing is he was making these broad generalizations about our entire
group of people
when at the same time eighty-eight percent of the time they were wrong they
were on these people were innocent
now when it comes to the races the racist aspect of it
the judge says blacks are likely targeted four stops based on
a lesser degree oven are objectively founded suspicion
than whites now Democracy Now did a really great video where they went
around New York City and they started talking to
you know people that had been stuck stopped and frisked
and here's what they had to say really telling video let's take a look this is
the entrance where we come in
and where my son also commend I have to come to my
no wonder which is on the inside the courtyard to make sure he gets a pass
safely
someone this night to my kids 2010 go to subway and
to make sure that you get
safely then go to my home York
house indoor to make sure that he gets upstairs without being stopped and
harassed by police
you can walk here you I will connects else knows not a pleasant experience ago
tho
this embarrassing when you have people over the calling for Knotts
nobody wants a common visits and your family doesn't even want to live here
so when we see police we don't like 'em we don't want to talk to you guys
all we seen as you abuse innocent people you care and who are taxpayers we work
our
that we deserve some kind the respect and consideration from New York's of
finest me have allowed
innocent bystanders be put out bro can happen on the five that they feel that
they are being arrests
does not fear nobody wants to go home and get up and go to work now to go to
that
goblets near City I'll Civil Liberties Union Sq say
a for doing a video for Democracy Now for running a video
because I think it's awesomely telling number one
people same look were the taxpayers
were pain basically size these cups may come and harass us
and in the second part I found so telling was when the guy said
but I why would I trust the cops to
because the cops and is the first lady explained she now looking out for
criminals
there on the look out because they're worried about the co-ops
and think about that for a second because they literally stop
and frisk you that's the name of the law I mean feel
think about how violated you would feel after putting in a long day of work
trying to get back to your home or trying to get to work
and being stopped by a cop with absolutely no probable cause there's no
reason for them to believe that you're doing anything wrong
except for the fact that you are a person of color so they're gonna stop
you because
according to Mayor Bloomberg all the crimes can or most other crimes
committed
by blacks Latinos now Judge Shira Scheindlin also said
now this might be a valid comparison if two people stopped were criminals
referring to the idea that well as Bloomberg is saying well I mean
birds it's blacks in with you doing a crime which she says to the contrary
nearly 90 percent other people start a release without the officer finding any
basis
for a summons or is that a mansion if on wall street where by the way
resides the largest criminals in American history
the you got criminals that they're stopping for skin here
you put older robberies grant that whatever you want to do
put it all together warning call it the it won't equal one percent
oh the billions of dollars the wall street
bankers have removed from the american taxpayers and by the way they've been
fighting billions of dollars and that's a small percentage
other crimes they have done they stop and frisk on wall street. imagine
if on wall street the cops kept costly resident up against the wall
up against the wall JP Morgan city back up against the wall
and they first up every day and he said well here on ninety percent review
it turns out are guilty 10 percent if you had cocaine on you whatever else it
might be
do you know the holy hell that would rise
they would never do that because they're too powerful
soda money New York City Police Department
well they do they pick on the powerless very classy
one more thing from Joe shown that I thought was really telling she said
targeting young black and hispanic man for stops based on alleged criminal
conduct
of other young black or hispanic man violates
bedrock principles a pic quality
that is such a good report over 190 five-page decision in this case
which look at all the evidence all the numbers and came to this conclusion
and what she saying is able but you can't tell me that
blacks and Latinos committed a crime in New York
and hence you going to bed victimized other blacks Latinos
by %um nonstop searches but you know don't work ninety percent of the time
yeah of course not every search is going to work and I can have a anywhere near
100 percent ratio
but the numbers overwhelming in the opposite direction right so now the
question is why is it that the judge was
unwilling to get rid of this law in the first place like shiiiit wants to reform
it
but how do you reform stop and frisk I mean I
don't we already have laws on the books that protect crops that do want to do
searches based on probable cause because that's the real issue here
there's no probable cause I mean some cops might argue y Sol Bowl gin
the person's pants right but that could be a wallet that could be anything and I
know that sounded really funny but you guys know what I mean
you know i i kno in and she talked about the book which is in the in the decision
right issues right that like what if you don't actual police work
you don't have a problem anyway your problem root cause you got a reason the
suspect someone it's no problem of so understand the stop in for a swim are
when you don't
have probable cause exact okay so now an ass Ray Kelly about that they say
but you some your police officers say that you make them
stop people even if they have no suspicion whatsoever
because they got a quota he says quote anonymous Sun reporter listen when he
said
but it also cops being asked to bring their numbers up when the man if you
don't stop
not there no photos no there are no Corda 0 their productivity goals like
there aren't any businesses like in this means right here
all right here on MSNBC is from their productivity also
they're not quotas their productivity goals I remember
while this case was happening and we were reporting on stop and frisk in and
you know this that
the situation that was an argument that was made over and over again
it was hilarious because the higher ups in the police department
kept trying to defend it by saying well you know these police officers are so
lazy they use the word lazy
as a justification for the stop-and-frisk policy for the quotas
I mean it's its terrible your your basically having the cops go out and
carried this out
and at the same time you're calling them lazy yet to rate Kelly
Police Commissioner is the biggest protector the bank's
and he gets a ton of perks from the banks I
in heat crushed occupy and gleefully so
hmm and many turns around and crushes own citizenry
52 percent of the New York City's blacks and Latinos
do wholesale discrimination on the above them and on on on on constitutional way
he doesn't give a damn
the next mayor of New York should fiery Kelly so quick
should spin their heads around now you I had somebody tell me today but Ray
Kelly's popular you can fire up
fog again bob if I was mayor mayor city
I would give very first thing I'd be like a
when turning your badge to get the fuck outta my office okay
other way lol I know my bad my bad don't leave the office yet
I gotta stop and frisk you okay and I don't do the whole
they in I get somebody in there to go all the way
yeah there's a very small bowls your pants write a check that out and then
after these %uh police commissioner given us a new york city
because I decided a personal officer to stop and frisk him every single day
okay what what what if you know everything I guess you not to worry that
I stop and frisk
everybody he knows family friends whatever no it's okay to you when you to
our family and friends
is that okay with you to your family and friends right
not Ray Kelly should be fired immediately but of course Bloomberg for
more fire because boomers' the one who put him up to it in the first place