Tag Archives: stop-and-frisk

Does Stop-and-Frisk Create More Crime?

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Gregory Malandrucco

            Stop-and-frisk proponents argue that the aggressive police tactic is necessary for “crime prevention.” But rather than deterring crime, do aggressive policing tactics like stop-and-frisk paradoxically generate crime by creating the conditions in which “criminals” … Continue reading →

Posted in Latest News | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

New NYPD Tapes Reveal Racism behind Stop-and-Frisk

Posted on March 23, 2013 by Gregory Malandrucco

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s concentrated regime of stop-and-frisk received international attention this week as a landmark class-action federal civil rights lawsuit challenging the draconian police tactic got underway. One of the more important pieces of evidence revealed in … Continue reading →

Posted in Latest News | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

NYPD Detectives Who Killed Kimani Gray Have Rap Sheets

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Gregory Malandrucco

The two NYPD plainclothes detectives who shot and killed Kimani Gray in Brooklyn on March 9 have a documented history of lawsuits related to the use of extrajudicial violence and other civil rights abuses, according to reports by several news … Continue reading →

Posted in Latest News | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Stop-and-Frisk and New York’s Freedom Deficit

Posted on June 16, 2012 by Gregory Malandrucco

The NYPD’s stop-and-frisk program has created two very distinct sets of experiences for the residents of New York City. One portion of the population’s experience embodies relative freedom as we legally and culturally understand it. However, for minority residents of … Continue reading →

Posted in Latest News | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments