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Racial Discrimination: Unconstitutional Or Not?

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In discussions of racial discrimination, one controversial issue has been whether stop and frisk is unconstitutional or not. On the one hand, proponents of stop and frisk argue that this policy was a terrible idea, not only because of the racial profiling it would cause, but also the harassment police officers would subdue to innocent civilians. On the other hand, critics of stop and frisk contend that by doing this, the city’s crime rate decreased because of this policy. In my own view I believe that yes, it did decrease a little bit of crime in the city, but at what cost? The cost of humiliating innocent people because cops thought their race or skin color raised a “suspicion of crime.”
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