http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/7432/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/frisking-frenzy-nyc-only-times-reporters-seem-care <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Both former police officers and residents react nonchalantly to the NYPD&#039;s supposedly overzealous &quot;stop-and-frisk&quot; tactics in one of New York City&#039;s most dangerous neighborhoods. It&#039;s the second recent front-page story that&#039;s failed to deliver the goods on the supposed failures of the aggressive police tactic. </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>Reporters Ray Rivera, Al Baker, and Janet Roberts combined on a front-page Monday story questioning the frequency of "stop-and-frisk" policing by the NYPD in high-crime sections of the Brownsville neighborhood in Brooklyn: "<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/12/nyregion/12frisk.html?sq=brownsville%20brooklyn&amp;st=cse&amp;scp=1&amp;pagewanted=all">A Few Blocks, 4 Years, 52,000 Police Stops</a>." The text box: "Frisk Tactic Draws Questions Where It Is Used Most."<br /></p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/frisking-frenzy-nyc-only-times-reporters-seem-care" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch AlBaker Crime Frisking JanetRoberts liberalmediabias NewYorkTimes NewYorkTimesbias NYPD Profiling RayRivera TimesWatch Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:32:00 +0000 admin 7701 at http://archive2.mrc.org