Verd
Campaign Veteran
partly because there were 601,055 "isolated incidents" in 2010 alone.
http://blog.simplejustice.us/2012/01/17/601055-isolated-incidents-a-year.aspx
I get so tired of the "isolated incident" argument about cops.
http://blog.simplejustice.us/2012/01/17/601055-isolated-incidents-a-year.aspx
Between the various programs, including the street stop-and-frisk program that's been the source of constant tension, the fact is that New York City has become a constitution-free zone when it comes to detaining and frisking people. And the statistics make is overwhelmingly clear that the people being frisked are not only people of color, but innocent of any wrongdoing. Despite being roundly criticized, it continues and the City continues to defend the practice of ignoring the rights of its residents to walk, ride or breath without being molested for no reason under the sun.
This time, the City argued against the action by claiming that the defendants' frisks were isolated incidents. Judge Berman rejected the argument, not because he concluded otherwise but because the plaintiffs alleged the incidents to be routine, making their claim sufficient to overcome the rhetoric. Yet, given the numbers involved, and the fact that its been so well documented that there can be no reasonable question that the police use any excuse, or none, to stop and frisk at will, and that more than 90% of those frisked come up clean, and just walk away, it would be awfully nice if someone finally concluded that this is happening.
I get so tired of the "isolated incident" argument about cops.