Donald Trump's Call for 'Stop and Frisk' is a Recipe for Heightening Racial Tensions

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How many stop and frisk arrests led to convictions in New York?

WASHINGTON — Would it help keep minorities safe in violent neighborhoods? Or subject them to racial profiling by police, and increase tensions between minorities and law enforcement? It's "stop and frisk," a police practice adopted in New York City, credited with helping bring down crime, and then amended after being ruled unconstitutional. And now Donald Trump…


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