The Huffington Post recently second-handedly reported that the NYPD's "Stop-and-Frisk" strategy, initiated to ebb crime in New York City, only produces an arrest half of the time an individual is stopped and frisked.
Critics of the procedure claim that Stop-and-Frisk unfairly targets minorities, with recent numbers indicating that 87 percent of people stopped and frisked belong to minority groups. Yet lame-duck Mayor Michael Bloomberg cites a "30 percent decrease in crime" during his first three terms in office (the team at AD assumes Mayor Bloomberg will find a way to petition the city council and oust Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio before he take office on January 1st).
Critics of the procedure claim that Stop-and-Frisk unfairly targets minorities, with recent numbers indicating that 87 percent of people stopped and frisked belong to minority groups. Yet lame-duck Mayor Michael Bloomberg cites a "30 percent decrease in crime" during his first three terms in office (the team at AD assumes Mayor Bloomberg will find a way to petition the city council and oust Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio before he take office on January 1st).
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| "My fourth-term slogan...? DOWN FOR A PAT-DOWN!" |
One can't deny that stop-and-frisk has been effective in slowing down crime and even getting illegal weapons off the streets. Yet we cannot ignore that the use of this tactic perpetuates racial profiling.
We at American Difter believe there is a solution:
Stop-and-Audit.
Instead of completely halting the NYPD's targeting of minority groups to prevent violent crime, we propose that New York City directly employ thousands of IRS agents to randomly stop and audit bankers in New York's Financial District to curb rampant tax evasion.
It is well known that most tax evaders are white. Heck, even our former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is a tax-evader. With Stop-and-Audit in place, New York City's government would not only be sending a message of fairness to all races, it would likely collect millions of dollars in lost tax revenue.
Join American Difter in calling for equal-opportunity racial-profiling in New York City.
Instead of completely halting the NYPD's targeting of minority groups to prevent violent crime, we propose that New York City directly employ thousands of IRS agents to randomly stop and audit bankers in New York's Financial District to curb rampant tax evasion.
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| "If you are white and wearing a suit, PLEASE take out your ID and a recent W2 form, " |
It is well known that most tax evaders are white. Heck, even our former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is a tax-evader. With Stop-and-Audit in place, New York City's government would not only be sending a message of fairness to all races, it would likely collect millions of dollars in lost tax revenue.
Join American Difter in calling for equal-opportunity racial-profiling in New York City.
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