A Break Down of Stop and Frisk: 5 Facts of Living in Bloomberg’s New York

              The stop-question-and-frisk program, or “Stop-And-Frisk”, in New York City, is a New York City Police Department practice of temporarily detaining, questioning, and at times searching civilians and suspects on the street for weapons and other contraband. This policy began in 2002 and is continuing to this day. These policies include unwarr…