Fact Check: Trump Was Wrong About Stop & Frisk And The Ruling That Called It Racial Profiling

Donald Trump was wrong about Stop and Frisk — and the ruling that called it racial profiling

It is hard to know even where to begin here. In keeping with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's deft use of crime and the irrational fear of the nation's crime rate -- a figure that preliminary FBI data released Monday indicates violent ...

• 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.

https://thinkprogress.org/white-people-stopped-by-new-york-police-are-more-likely-to-have-guns-or-drugs-than-minorities-9bf579a2b9b3#.3zftt1sy0

Sen. Jeff Sessions (Alabama) Doesn't Buy That "The Whole Stop-And-Risk Thing Is Racist"
http://www.bustle.com/articles/186282-sen-jeff-sessions-doesnt-buy-the-whole-stop-and-frisk-is-racist-thing