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Originally Posted by Csihar
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I don't think I'm explaining my question right but I don't know how to ask it in a different way. I'll try again.
Is the following scenario stop and frisk?
An officer goes out and thinks "I'll stop about 20 people today and see if they have a weapon. I'll start with the first person I see". Kind of silly but I'm trying to make it as clear as possible. So the stopping of a person would be completely random. The accusation of course would be that it wasn't in fact random but they were purposely selecting black and hispanic men. IF that is the case then I don't see how it's protected under the constitution.
Or is the following scenario stop and frisk?
An officer sees someone acting specific and stops them. Not a random act. Then he proceeds to frisk them. I see how that could be defended under the text you posted.
Was it something that was added to aid officers during a stop (a stop that they normally would have made anyway)? Or was it an action in itself like a routine drunk driving checkup? Anyone that passes will get checked.
Hopefully it's more clear now.
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It's pretty simple what the issue is. Basically anytime police are proactive like with stop and frisk it gets labeled as racist or profiling. Why? Simple because proactive policing means going to where the crime is AKA where tha blacks be.