Pros And Cons Of Stop And Frisk

Stop and frisk is a controversial topic which has many retractors as supporters. On internet the information about this topic is really broad. However, in this response I did a research based on pros of the stop and frisk program. I took information from newspapers, TV channels, blogs, forums, research of universities. Moreover, I looked for other topics related such as; increase of violence, illegal guns, gun violence, weapons in schools, and also, gangs in NYC. Even though, people who are in favor of stop and frisk are from the city government and from the police department, many other supporters are general residents of New York City who have being affected for the increase of assaults, robberies, and gun violence. In this scenario, I found a heart-breaking story from the New York Post about a seven year old girl who was grazed on her leg by a bullet when she was outside of her grandpa’s house in South Bronx. After that, the girl’s father called for more cops in the neighborhood and also, more “stop and frisk”. He said to support this tool because “it will help prevent shootings and situations like this. In my
Many news have covered how this issue is rising in NYC. Last June, New York Daily News published an article called “NYPD reveals increases in homicides and gun violence across NYC compared to last year, with half as many stop-and-frisks”. It says that a 19.5% spike in homicides during the first five months of this year 2015. Statistics show that more people are getting shot and killed. However, fewer people are being stopped and frisked. Consequently, murder victims have risen a 72% who died of gun violence which it’s usually around 57%. Therefore, gun violence is a big issue in our city since many of these guns are illegal which make this panorama even worse. For that reason, stop and frisk is necessary to try to reduce criminal activity and gun violence which is taking many New Yorkers