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Map Shows NYPD Finds More Guns Away From ‘Stop-and-Frisk’ - COLORLINES

19.7.12

nyclu-stop-frisk-ad.pngMap Shows NYPD Finds More Guns Away From ‘Stop-and-Frisk’ - COLORLINES: Only 770 guns were recovered from 685,000 NYPD Stop-and-Frisk stops across the city last year, according to WNYC. And those guns are not showing up in the places where the police are devoting the most stop-and-frisk resources.

In February the NYPD released stop-and-frisk statistics to the City Council that revealed the highest number of stops ever recorded in one year. Out of 685,724 stop-and-frisk stops, 87% percent of those stopped in 2011 were black or Latino, and nine out of ten persons stopped were not arrested, nor did they receive summonses.


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