A week ago,it was discovered that NYPD police officer Michael Daragjati was caught saying "I fried a nigger" after wrongly arresting two African-American men. This event transpired last April and was After hearing more about the issue, it has now been shown that New York City has officially become a police state, and police officers can get away with anything. Lately, the "Stop and Frisk" method was used by police officers a record over 600,000 times last year. What was found is that the majority of those frisks were for "furtive movement" and "wearing clothes/disguises commonly used in committing crime". In short, for dressing a certain way and for walking a certain way, a person will get frisked. Sounds like a police state to me. The majority of these frisks are done and Black and Hispanic residents. You would think with the number of frisks done towards African-Americans and Hispanics, the crime rate among both groups would be dropping quickly. Not the case. One man, Jesus Rodriguez, commented about being frisked because he was "saying hello to someone who might be a drug dealer". So he said hello do someone who "might" be a drug dealer. He had a point when he said "frisk the drug dealer". This right here might be why many of the drug dealers aren't getting caught. The move made against Rodriguez was a coward move. This was cowardice, and an embarrassment to the police officers out there who do their job fairly and actually are effective in making a community strong.
It doesn't shock me about the racism in NYC as far as the police department is concerned. This stuff has been going on for years. It just shows what a police state can look like.Shows the levels of racism. I am at a loss for words because I have grown cynical. All I can say is that this kind of policing will not make law-abiding citizens comfortable about living in New York City. It will not make African-Americans and Hispanics in NYC trust the police. If anything, this will create a rift between the communities and the police. This cannot be effective. This isn't effective in fighting crime. The "Stop and Frisk" method would make me not want to live in a place. I don't want to be harassed by police officers either.
The police officer who was claiming that he "fried a nigger" should be imprisoned for this. Bringing up false charges and using a racial slur, claiming to have "fried" someone just proves that the idea was specifically to put a Black man in jail for no reason, other than being Black.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2011/10/17/2011-10-17_nypd_cop_michael_daragjati_taped_making_racial_slurs_about_black_man_accused_of_.html
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