[11th Commandment]

I know little about the particulars of this program. However, I find it hard to think of a scenario where this is constitutional. Unless however, NYC changes this to a national security program then it can through out the constitution...

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[TomGuy]

I find it hard to think of a scenario where this is constitutional.

That doesn't seem to matter much any more.

Airports = TSA. Now, even train stations are getting TSA-ed.

Give'em an inch and they will try to take over the whole world -- a bit at a time.

[KarlInOhio]

Summary arrest and body cavity search would probably drop crime rates even more. But that's not the type of country I would want to live in. I don't see how the idea of stopping and frisking people either at random or by profiling had a chance of standing up to even the weakest Constitutional test. This didn't have the excuse of stopping drivers on a government road using a government driver's license like they do for DUI and drug checks.

[wideawake]

I find it hard to think of a scenario where this is constitutional.

Terry stops are well-established constitutionally.

The spin here is that these completely legitimate Terry stops are rendered unconstitutional by the racial breakdown of those stopped.

However, the city has already demonstrated that the aggrieved ethnic groups are actually underrepresented in the numbers.

This court order will undo a quality policing program that has made NYC one of the safest cities in America.

[Mouton]

waiting for some judges to begin knocking down the dui check points which are a far greater violation of the 4th amendment.