Nyc council bill could ban cops from identifying suspects based on simple descriptors such as race, gender and age (facts, conservatives)

[SourD]

I bet Bloomberg will hate this. There goes his "stop and frisk".

[KUchief25]

Well you wouldn't want to offend anybody. The smart criminals will have some gym shorts under their jeans and just walk right on by the SWAT teams surrounding the bank that was just robbed. lol

[northnut]

Originally Posted by SourD

I bet Bloomberg will hate this. There goes his "stop and frisk".

Obviously, you didn't bother to read the article.

[renault]

More Libnutter b.s. from that Bloomberg fascist? How in the world are cops supposed to do their job if they not allowed to describe what they see?

Originally Posted by All American NYC

Officer: “Can you tell me about the person who assaulted you?”

Victim: “Um, he, I mean it.......(sigh)….. human....I mean criminal guy.”

When news stations report on criminal activity in the neighborhood the accompanying photo of the alleged suspect will look like this-



Feel safer?

[AeroGuyDC]

Originally Posted by northnut

How you go from police profiling to police not being able to use descriptions when questioning a victim of a crime is beyond me. The bill is clearly against profiling. You DO know what profiling is, right? You know, when cops pull over say blacks simply because their black?

I disagree. If a person is black, then they're black. That's not profiling.

[northnut]

Originally Posted by AeroGuyDC

I disagree. If a person is black, then they're black. That's not profiling.

I suggest you read the details about this introduction because NONE of you are getting it right. Reading, it's fundamental.

[northnut]

Here, for the folks who don't know how to use google.
About the Community Safety Act | Communities United for Police Reform
Legislative Hearing for Community Safety Act | Center for Constitutional Rights

And finally Aero, for your information:
To be clear: Intro. 800 would permit the NYPD to use race, ethnicity, religion, and other protected categories in its law enforcement activities, but it would limit the use of such information to situations that involve trustworthy information that is relevant to the locality and timeframe of alleged illegal activity. For example, if police officers receive a call that a white man who looks six feet tall and weighs about 200 pounds committed a crime on the morning of October 10th in the vicinity of City Hall, then of course police officers would be able to look for a white man who fits the profile. What the NYPD will be prohibited from doing, however, is to stop every white man in New York City for the next two weeks because of this one suspect description.
Testimony Before the New York City Council in Support of the Community Safety Act | New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) - American Civil Liberties Union of New York State

[All American NYC]

Originally Posted by AeroGuyDC

I disagree. If a person is black, then they're black. That's not profiling.

If they choose to do this, why not eliminate gender, & race on gov. applications?

[urbanlife78]

After the whole IRS profiling, I thought the Cons were against profiling....guess that didn't last long.

[chazk14]

so stupid!!