another retired police officer speaks out, in this case, against "stop and frisk" in n.y.c. real news examines the politics behind the city's police practice, as well as growing community opposition.
the new york times also has this article here on how women are further humiliated in these police tactics by male officers. wendy ruderman writes:
When officers conduct stops upon shaky or baseless legal foundations, people of both sexes often say they felt violated. Yet stops of women by male officers can often involve an additional element of embarrassment and perhaps sexual intimidation, according to women who provided their accounts of being stopped by the police. And many incorrectly believe that the police, like Transportation Security Administration officers, are required to have female officers frisk women.
residents report that stated reasons for "stop and frisk" may appear even blatantly fabricated by police - in light of the claimed "rationale" for investigation, combined with the residents' gender:
Crystal Pope, 22, said she and two female friends were frisked by male officers last year in Harlem Heights. The officers said they were looking for a rapist. It was an early spring evening at about 6:30 p.m. The three women sat talking on a bench near Ms. Pope’s home on 143rd Street when the officers pulled up and asked for identification, she said.
“They tapped around the waistline of my jeans,” Ms. Pope said. “They tapped the back pockets of my jeans, around my buttock. It was kind of disrespectful and degrading. It was uncalled-for. It made no sense. How are you going to stop three females when you are supposedly looking for a male rapist?”
Besides, Ms. Pope said, she thought male officers were required to summon a female colleague when conducting a frisk.
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