NYPD “Stop and Frisks” Hit All-Time High

February 15th, 2012

Via: NBC:

The number of so-called “stop and frisks” is rising.

City police officers stopped and questioned 684,330 people on the street last year, a record since the NYPD began yearly tallies of the tactic in 2002 and a 14 percent increase over 2010.

It couldn’t be determined how many people were patted down during the encounters, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Typically, half of the potential suspects who are stopped are frisked or searched.

Of those stopped last year, about 12 percent were arrested or received summonses. The rest were not charged.

One Response to “NYPD “Stop and Frisks” Hit All-Time High”

  1. Well, heck, that’s not even 10%. I mean, it’s like 8.3% of the official population, probably more like 5% of the real population but STILL… I mean, it’s not like the DDR in the Stasi days. New Yorkers should be grateful. Who cares anyway? It’s only dirty Ukrainian illegal immigrants and Jews who get searched…

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