A really interesting article in the New York Times looking at data on who gets stopped and frisked in NYC for "reasonable suspicion", whether there is racial bias in those stops and whether or not it is helping fight crime or just hurting civil liberties.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/13/nyregion/13frisk.html I've already come out against Terry stops, but I think that this sort of analysis is really interesting. There is a lot more data to gather and analysis to be done but at least it is a start at a more comprehensive look at untargeted (not investigating a particular crime) interactions between police and citizens. Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:318181 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
