According to a new report by @nbc Donald Trump has made some updates to his website and shared his stance on criminal justice. The report states that Trump is advocating for the reinstatement of the contentious “stop-and-frisk” tactic by the New York City Police Department, labeling it as a sensible law enforcement approach.
Even though the “stop-and-frisk” practice was ruled unconstitutional in New York City in 2013 by U.S. District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin, mainly because it led to increased racial profiling of Black and Latinx men, Trump’s criminal justice agenda seeks to revive it.
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Black conservatives are expressing doubts about the wisdom of Trump’s renewed advocacy for “stop-and-frisk” because of its negative effects on Black men. This skepticism persists even though Trump has made efforts to reach out to this demographic by appointing Sen. Tim Scott as his unofficial liaison for Black outreach.
Shelley Wynter, a conservative Black resident of Atlanta and co-host of “Word on the Street” on WSB-FM, shared his apprehension about the potential “unintended consequences” of the policy.
“Stop-and-frisk, in theory, is not a bad plan and I’m not opposed to it. Stop-and-frisk in its activation becomes problematic,” Wynter said, before stating that the “other problem is in its implementation, because what you do is you give carte blanche to the police to just do whatever they want, and you live in a constant state of police.”
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Trump has consistently advocated for the reinstatement of “stop-and-frisk” since the 2016 election cycle. During a campaign event at a Black church in Cleveland, he praised the program as “incredible” in its effectiveness. In 2018, at a speaking engagement at the International Association of Police Chiefs convention, he called for its enforcement in Chicago, even though the city had discontinued the practice following an agreement with the American Civil Liberties Union.