POLITICO: ,,, The Quinnipiac (KWIHN’-uh-pee-ak) University poll released Thursday finds that 57 percent of white city voters approve of the New York Police Department’s practice of stopping and frisking individuals.
Meanwhile, just 25 percent of black voters surveyed say they approve of the practice. Of those surveyed, 53 percent of Hispanics approve of the practice.
The NYPD stopped close to 700,000 people on the street last year. Nearly 87 percent were black or Hispanic, and about half were frisked. About 10 percent were arrested… (more)
