The Stop and Frisk Policy in the United States

Stop and Search: An Introduction

Stop and search are a set of laws which were introduced in the United States to be able to cut down on the crime rates mostly in the cities and also reduce the crime causing agents. Under the use of this policy, police officers are given powers to be able to stop, if possible ask then later frisk when the suspicion comes along, whether there is law breaking or the person in question has committed a crime. From Rudolph Giuliani and Michael Bloomberg laws of fighting crime and setting up a conducive environment, the stop and frisk law came along.

The Unconstitutionality of Stop and Frisk

The law which was brought about to bring harmony somehow has turned out to be unconstitutional and also serving the interests of the more substantial majority. The black supremacists insist that the law is healthy for the country and all individuals at large but the existence of the blacks in the states, it is not (Tyler, Goff, & MacCoun 2015). The reason being the frustrating nature and humiliation whereby the white police use it as a recipe to racially abuse and profile the black population in the states. Hence this has also been blamed on the existence of the more extrajudicial killings of people believed to be threats thus making police to defend themselves of manslaughter.

The Rights Violation

\u00a0The United States constitution mostly upholds the right of an individual where they are personally kept and preserved largely from unwanted seizures, and unthinkable searches are not to be violated. Moreover, the constitution affirms that no warrant shall be issued even on any cause, the person to be searched or the place to be explored. This means that the police cannot be in the position to stop and frisk one without a court order. According to Tyler, Goff, and MacCoun (2015), the police officers in the United States violate this throughout the country through unnecessary frisking in the name of trying to look for security threats. The law enforcers have been accused of misusing this policy to infringe on the privacy of the New York citizens and also breaching on their privacy terms different from the statutes of America\u2019s federal constitution. Therefore, from this accusations, the stop and frisk law is largely deemed unconstitutional.

Reference

Tyler, T. R., Goff, P. A., & MacCoun, R. J. (2015). The impact of psychological science on policing in the United States: Procedural justice, legitimacy, and effective law enforcement. Psychological science in the public interest, 16(3), 75-109.