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Originally Posted by Sidd Finch
stop-and-frisk
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You could actually make an argument that s&f ultimately increases crime. I've been arrested once by a cop and one by Sear's security. I still get nervous when encountering a cop when pulled over because it is very unusual for me to encounter such an interaction. I'm not saying I'd go criminal w/o that adversion, but I do think it has some propylatic impack on me doing shit.
If you normalize police interaction to be relatively routine, you are saying to young people, might as well steal/rob/etc because the cops are grabbing you anyway.