We need to bring back stop and frisk.....right?

[2aguy]

That is what the author of this article says....the author of this article on British knife crime......which, along with gun crime, is getting out of control in Britain...their kids are knifing each other in school......

Escalating knife crime must be stopped – it's time to bring back stop and search



The police were a visible presence and they had the ability to crack down on crime before it got out of control. One of the biggest assets in their armoury was the power to stop and search suspects for the proceedings of crime, drugs and offensive weapons, usually knives. The penalties? Three months at the Magistrates’ Court or two years at the Crown Court.

One search I carried out resulted in the arrest of 10 youths in possession of a miscellany of weapons: chair...

 

[pismoe]

stop and search is alright with me if its in 'england' but i don't want to see it anywhere in the USA .

 

[EvilCat Breath]

It worked remarkably well in New York. Bring it back.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

In high crime areas I think it's a great idea.

 

[pismoe]

its 'unameican' as all heck , at least in the USA !!

 

[MindWars]

stop and search is alright with me if its in 'england' but i don't want to see it anywhere in the USA .

THE DEA IS SEIZING CASH WITHOUT WARRANTS IN ITS VERSION OF STOP-AND-FRISK
Violating the Constitution should not give the government a payday
Federal drug agents may be racially profiling and unjustly seizing cash from travelers in the nation’s airports, bus stations and train stations. A new report released by the Office of the Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Justice examined the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)’s controversial use of “cold consent.”
In a cold consent encounter, a person is stopped if an agent thinks that person’s behavior fits a drug courier profile. Or an agent can stop a person cold “based on no particular behavior,” according to the Inspector General report. The agent then asks people they have stopped for consent to question them and sometimes to search their possessions as well. By gaining consent, law enforcement officers can bypass the need for a warrant.

But after reviewing the DEA’s policies, the Inspector General concluded,

The DEA Is Seizing Cash Without Warrants In Its Version Of Stop-and-Frisk