New York's Crime
Control Vs Due Process
Due Process:
The constitutional
guarantee of due process
of law, found in the
Fifth and Fourteenth
Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, prohibits
all levels of government
from arbitrarily or unfairly depriving individuals
of their basic constitutional
rights to life, liberty,
and property.
Initially, once arrested or charged, if
they cannot find the proper evidence needed those holding you have twenty four
hours to hold you, and in that time they can find evidence, and if they are
unsuccessful you will be released.
If you were arrested, it will remain on
your record, unless you yourself spend the money to have it removed. If you
were not charged, however it will state Null Prosecute. This usually doesn’t
matter, because once some employers see the arrest, they tend to stop at that
point, and hold it against you without even hearing your explanation.
Zero
Tolerance Law in New York:
As quoted from:
Legislation Affects Drivers Under 21 Years
of Age
New York
State's "Zero Tolerance" Law became effective on November 1, 1996.
The Zero
Tolerance law applies to a person under age 21 who operates a motor vehicle
with a blood alcohol
concentration (BAC) of .02% or more but not more than .07%.
Even
though the law is called "zero tolerance," the minimum BAC is .02 and
not 0. This is because certain cough syrups and mouthwashes contain alcohol,
and since some families will permit the consumption of small amounts of alcohol
as part of religious or family functions. The Legislature decided to set the
standard at .02% in order to address only those young people who had willfully
consumed alcohol and operated a motor vehicle.
Stop and Frisk in New York:
These
details were obtained from my friend in Akron, New York whom I personally
called and obtained the information from:
Here a
police officer can stop and question a pedestrian and then frisk him. It is
also known as a “Terry stop.”
When I
ask her why, she explained: Terry v Ohio 1968 where the fourth amendment on
unreasonable searches and seizures were violated.
She then
explained to me that New Yorkers have been fighting this since it came into
effect because it seems like profiling and labeling. They are only searching
certain people. Specifically the blacks and the foreigners.
Mosque Crawling:
I read
the following article and found it worthy of sharing:
Crime Rates from 2001 to 2010:
I found this very informative PDF online
which shows that crime rates have dropped well over 25 percent and more in some
areas. The report is very thorough, and even shows graphs, and even counties,
and everything about New York. I found it to be very informative and studied it
very thoroughly to learn that the changes implemented throughout New York had
to of made some kind of difference, because obviously things have changed.
What do I think of Stop and Frisk?
I do not
agree with the due process of just walking up to someone and searching them, it
does go against the amendments. Just because New York was hit by terrorism
doesn’t justify this action, it wasn’t the only place impacted by 9/11.
However,
New York does have a lot of gang activity, and the streets are so over packed
that you can hardly move, and it is over populated.
Do I agree and think the stop and frisk
program should have been suspended? Most definitely. It violated the
amendments and our rights. Is it not bad enough you have been spying on us
since you have established the very first satellite and invaded our privacy
then? Now you want to touch us, and feel us up, and take what is ours, and use
it against us and assume that we were going to do something with it we were
not?! No.
However,
I still think it violates the amendments and they were implemented for a
reason.
What do I think of Zero Tolerance?
I cannot
stand drinking and driving. I agree with it One hundred percent.
What do I think of Mosque Crawling?
I think
if it’s done in private, have at it, if you are studying the people and the way
we live, and where we live, do it. Don’t act like you haven’t done it before.
That’s what the satellites are for. If studying where we live and what we do,
helps prevent crime, then so be it, do it. NASA has been doing it for years,
and so has the government, to say they haven’t would be lying.
How might crime and terrorism impact New
York economically? I think if terrorism were to impact New York again, I
think it would drastically affect New York, however I think it would bring
Americans even tighter together. I however think that foreigners would be in a
great deal of danger from that moment on from that moment hence forth. They
would be a danger to themselves, and that Americans would definitely be after
them in more ways than one, they would be target zero. Not my choice, just my
thoughts.
References and Resources:
Division of Criminal Justice Services / Crime
Report / PDF File
Article / HotAir.com / The NYPD’s Counter Terror
Strategy “Mosque Crawling”
Web Site / Safe New York / U Drink U Drive U lose
Testimony from Akron New York Resident
Ingraham, Angela
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