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DO NOW – Monday, December 2

Hand in homework Answer the following on your DO NOW FORM: What is stop-and-frisk? Why do the police do it? Do you think it’s a good policy, a bad policy, or somewhere in between? Why?. DO NOW – Monday, December 2. What is “stop-and-frisk?”.

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DO NOW – Monday, December 2

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  1. Hand in homework • Answer the following on your DO NOW FORM: • What is stop-and-frisk? • Why do the police do it? • Do you think it’s a good policy, a bad policy, or somewhere in between? Why? DO NOW – Monday, December 2

  2. What is “stop-and-frisk?” A New York City Police Department (NYPD) policy that directs officers to stop someone based on a reasonable suspicion of crime and search them for drugs or guns.

  3. Why do the police do “stop-and-frisk?” • NYPD leaders have said the policy is meant to • Find illegal guns and drugs • Deter criminals • Increase police presence

  4. Who are the police stopping?

  5. What impact does it have? • Arguments Against • Increases arrests of innocent people • Promotes distrust of the police • Deepens sense of unfairness • Arguments For • Takes guns (and criminals) off the street • Creates sense of proactive policing • Puts cops in high-crime communities

  6. New Vocabulary – Write it down! Racial profiling – the use of race or ethnicity as grounds for suspecting someone has committed an offense

  7. Earlier this year, New York City high school students interviewed NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly about Stop and Frisk. Here is what he said. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly on Stop & Frisk

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