Colorado Massacre to Justify Upcoming Stop-and-Frisk Practice in San Francisco (Plus Other Cities) [View all]
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The following is real. It is not from the Onion.
For those who don't mind the airport feel-ups (officially called "pat downs"
, and for those who don't mind the police stop-and-feel-ups of non-criminals in New York and Philadelphia (officially called "stop-and-frisks" , they have an opportunity for future such experiences when they visit San Francisco.
If you live in another part of the country and can't make it to San Francisco, that's not a problem. You may be able to experience such police feel-ups closer to where you live.
After a recent session at the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Philadelphia, the Mayor of San Francisco affirmed his decision to implement a stop-and-frisk practice for his city. No reasonable suspicion of wrongdoing nor warrant will be required. Apparently, if people have nothing to hide (i.e., no criminal activities to hide), they should not object to any such police activities.
The stop-and-grope practice will not be limited to people in their mid-20's with orange-colored hair or suspected gang members. But the mayor referred to the first ones that will be stopped-and-groped under his policy as "kids" and he said that they are not listening. Of course, if he wants to avoid an age-discrimination lawsuit or two, he might do what the TSA officials do at the airports. He can have his police occasionally stop-and-grope grandmothers in walkers and wheelchairs. Also, to show an absence of discrimination, he can have his police stop-and-grope others as well.
"I am as, if not more, committed, and especially in light of the massacre that occurred in Aurora, but also the review of what's happening in New York and Philadelphia and Chicago and the crime that's committed," Lee said Monday on the sidelines of an announcement about federal transportation funding.
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"We've got to get to them," Lee said. "That's why I've been contemplating some kind of authority to put some fear into these kids that they can't be carrying these guns thinking they can resolve all their problems with them."
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Ed-Lee-stands-firm-on-stop-and-frisk-plan-3729307.php
San Francisco, of course, is a relatively small city with politicians who are generally considered to be liberals that respect the rule of law under the Constitution. Mayor Lee, like the mayors of New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, is showing that he is ready to give up the Fourth Amendment rights of a few people. He's ready to lead the way for mayors of other smaller cities.
To quote or somewhat paraphrase Martin Niemöller's statement, First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out-- because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out ...
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