The purpose of the NYPD’s embattled ‘stop and frisk’ policy is to reduce crime by targeting minorities for increased scrutiny. But even though the overwhelming number of people who are detained and frisked are Latino or black, a new study shows that whites are far more likely to be carrying guns or drugs than blacks.

A quote taken directly from an NYPD report:

The likelihood a stop of an African American New Yorker yielded a weapon was half that of white New Yorkers stopped. The NYPD uncovered a weapon in one out every 49 stops of white New Yorkers. By contrast, it took the Department 71 stops of Latinos and 93 stops of African Americans to find a weapon.

The likelihood a stop of an African American New Yorker yielded contraband was one-third less than that of white New Yorkers stopped. The NYPD uncovered contraband in one out every 43 stops of white New Yorkers. By contrast, it took the Department 57 stops of Latinos and 61 stops of African Americans to find contraband.

The report goes on to admit that 84 percent of those stopped are blacks and Latinos even though minorities comprise only 54 percent of the general population.

Another report done by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) found that out of 532,911 stop-and-frisk searches in 2012, just 729 guns were found.The overwhelming number of people who are being arrested in connection with ‘stop and frisk’ are being charged with marijuana possession, which was decriminalized in 1977. So the ‘stop and frisk’ program isn’t making the streets of New York safer, but it has been successful in putting more black and brown men behind bars for non-criminal acts.

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