Former President Trump Talks About The Return of “Stop And Frisk”
Written by Tariq on July 8, 2024
Former President Donald Trump wants to bring back “stop and frisk,” a policing tactic that left a majority of Black and brown men who experienced it physically and mentally scarred and distrustful of law enforcement. After a lengthy legal battle, a federal judge in 2013 found it unconstitutional, essentially banning it. A key pillar of Trump’s anti-crime platform demands police departments reinstate stop and frisk — which allows officers to randomly stop and search people for weapons — or else risk critical federal dollars flowing into their coffers. “I will insist that local jurisdictions return to proven common sense policing measures, such as stop and frisk,” Trump said on his campaign website. “Very simple.”
While former President Trump has courted Black voters, he also wants to bring back stop and frisk policing — which targets Black men more than any other demographic, many studies show. https://t.co/EkJsadXusv
— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 5, 2024
Source: NBC News
