In the late 1980s, the United States experienced an unprecedented spike in violent crime. Alarmed voters demanded action. Elected officials responded. One of those responses was stop-and-frisk ...

For years, lawyers and advocates fought the use of “stop and frisk,” a policing tactic that left a majority of Black and brown men who experienced it physically and mentally scarred and distrustful of ...

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The article warns that racial profiling in police practices like stop-and-frisk and ICE detention harms communities, fuels trauma, and erodes trust. Despite efforts to end such practices, they’re ...