New York’s Bratton: ‘You Can’t Police Without Stop And Frisk’
So, unless you stop and frisk primarily black and Hispanic youths, you have anarchy says the New York City police commissioner.
…Bratton ran the New York City Police Department (NYPD) from 1994 to 1996 under the Giuliani administration. He is credited with helping to bring down crime in that city during his short tenure.
Bratton is now back in New York City after a stint running the police department in Los Angeles. He has vowed to make the changes that his boss — new Mayor Bill de Blasio — wants, including the overhaul of the controversial stop-and-frisk practice, which has been criticized for unfairly targeting minorities.
Still, Bratton defends stop-and-frisk, which he calls “stop, question and frisk.”
“You cannot police without it,” Bratton tells Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson. “If you did not have it, then you’d have anarchy.”
