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« on: November 10, 2013, 11:51:16 AM » |
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Well, getting rid of Stop-and-Frisk is definitely a positive move; the policy is a part of the scary recent trend that the Fourth Amendment doesn't exist and getting rid of it should certainly be prioritized.
As for crime more generally, I kind of doubt deBlasio will actually change that much in the police department (besides surface changes, like getting rid of Stop-and-Frisk), so I don't think it'll shift that much. Crime has a noted tendency to follow generational trends; ~20 years after heightened birth rates (like in the early 2000s), there's usually a rise in crime. So deBlasio might have some issues in his 2nd-3rd terms as mayor, but I doubt this coming term will be marked by some kind of rise in crime.
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