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"Fantasizing about racist police around every corner". You've blown your credibility to hell and back.
You remain conspicuously silent on documented evidence of police deliberately targeting minorities and you've dodged documented evidence that the NYPD made up bull**** in areas of the city dominated by minorities in order to meet quotas. All just to make up a strawman to burn down. Yes, remaining silent on the issue of injustice is what cowards do best. Remain silent then, it's probably best to keep your ideas that enable racism to yourself.
Easy to claim racism - it's what those with no credibility and no answers always do.
Why do blacks suffer disproportionately in NYC from Stop, Question and Frisk? Because blacks disproportionately commit crimes in NYC. You'd prefer to let criminals - black criminals in particular - roam free, unimpeded by those charged with the duty of reducing and preventing crime. I prefer to see criminals of all colours stopped.
And just as an aside, ever hear of the RIDE program to reduce drunk driving? Ever been stopped in a RIDE spot check? I have. But since I'm not a criminal and I'm not a drunk driver, I have no problem with police stopping me, questioning me about whether or not I've been drinking, and checking things out. Most law abiding citizens have no problem with it because it helps to keep the streets safe for us and helps catch criminals who choose to drive drunk and put the rest of us at risk on the road. And guess what? The RIDE checks are set up to stop cars leaving the entertainment district where bars and restaurants are. Why? Because that's where drunk drivers are likely to be.
Same principle of law enforcement at work under RIDE as there is under Stop, Question and Frisk. I'm sure drunk drivers are just as upset as black criminals are. I say too ****ing bad.