While it seems unconscionable now, the city’s glorious comeback from the early ‘90s and the booming national economy allowed the Big Blue Line to sneak in its Stop & Frisk, which is described in no uncertain terms by a 1999 Attorney General Report as “A person is temporarily detained on the street against his or her will for purposes of questioning.”Įveryone was giddy. Back then, NYC was winding down its decades of decay, crime sprees and overall mayhem that seemed to attract a gritty, Wild West mentality that inevitably turned ugly and painful and was costing the greatest city in the world millions in lost business and lawsuits while overtaxing its police, fire department and EMT personnel. This was a far different and more docile NYC than it had been 10 years prior before Rudolf Giuliani swept in with a Law & Order mandate not seen in generations. But unlike the outrageous vagaries of the deplorable Patriot Act and the wild nonsense perpetuated by the FBI and the NSA (which has suddenly gotten everyone from right wingers to the leftiest lefties in a tizzy), Stop & Frisk was implemented in 1999. It has taken a while-14 years to be exact-for NYC to be up in arms about this hilariously unconstitutional Stop & Frisk policy.Īfter, of course, all bets were off.
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