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The unit was disbanded and the police promised they would never do that again. and here we are from 2002 to 2011, 600% increase in stop and frisks. the numbers we're talking about, 685,000 people were stopped in 2011. 500,000 stopped in 20 # 12. 87% black. here's the thing. it's not about the number of stop and frisks. they're not stopping the people. >> the police are not shooting white people. tham one white person who they killed. >> and we were just talking before the show you don't have the police going after emo looking white men trying to stop massacres, even though the profile would su...

The police cannot provide a study, the city can't provide a study that proves it stops crime. it doesn't exist. >> what claim are you making? what remedy are you seeking? >> this lawsuit is seeking to vindicate the people who have been stopped. >> getting the records expunged? >> vindicate them in the sense that they are innocent folk who is have gone through the stop and frisk process. some of them -- very few of them have been arrested. but what happens is this is not an unintrusive thing. people feel violated. these are terrifying stops for folks. and there's no mechanism by which people ca...

Illegally stopped. controversial policy is being considered by police departments in cities around the country. and back to my panel, i want to do a couple other stats here. the source of this is "the new york times" in brownsville. they looked and found that 93% of residents in brownsville had reported being stopped. and then you look at the weapons that are found. weapons are often not found. in 2011 you had african-americans, 1.9% of the african-americans or latinos were stopped found to have a weapon. 3.8% of whites. so basically twice as likely to find weapons on whites who were stopped. ...

Going to dislike the people there to protect you against the berries. >> i want to read a few statistics. i think it's pretty shocking when you look at the results of ston and frisk and how it impacts people in the communities. looking at the nypd stop and frisk policy. we have a stat about the people being stopped. 88% of those stopped were innocent of any crime, according to statistics. 87% were african-american or latino. we don't have evidence that these people are committing any crimes. >> but instead, 780 guns were taken off the street in 2009 because of stop and frisk. that's 0.19%. we ...