Is Stop and Frisk Racial Profiling?

        Another source that I found for my research paper is "Stop and Frisk: The Use and Abuse of a Controversial Policing Tactic", a book written by Michael D. White, a professor in the school of Criminology and Justice at Arizona State University, and Henry H. Fradella, a professor and associate director in the school of Criminology and Justice at Arizona State University. This source talks about the procedures and execution of the Stop and Frisk program. It explains that "when a police officer has stopped a person for questioning, and they reasonably suspect the danger of life and limb, that should be the baseline for a frisk. If a weapon is found, the officer may take it up and keep it until questioning is completed, after which time he shall return it or arrest the person". This means that if an officer does not reasonably suspect a danger of life and limb, the frisking of innocent citizens is bad and violates the 14th amendment.

Works Cited

White, Michael D. and Fradella, Henry F. "Stop and Frisk: The Use and Abuse of a Controversial Policing Tactic".  New York City. NYU press. 2016. Print.