Vanguard | November 28, 2011 | 1 comment

How NYPD's "stop and frisk" policy ensnares 600,000 a year: Scenes from 'Vanguard'

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In this scene from "The War on Weed," correspondent Christof Putzel hits the streets of New York City with NYC Resistance, an underground videographer who films some of the 600,000 "stop and frisk" searches performed by the NYPD each year. Ninety percent of those who are stopped are black and Latino, and while across the country in Seattle many are allowed to openly smoke marijuana, in New York there are far harsher consequences -- and questionable tactics being used by authorities.

"Vanguard" is Current TV's no-limits documentary series whose award-winning correspondents put themselves in extraordinary situations to immerse viewers in global issues that have a large social significance. Unlike sound-bite driven reporting, the show's correspondents, Adam Yamaguchi, Christof Putzel and Mariana van Zeller, serve as trusted guides who take viewers on in-depth real life adventures in pursuit of some of the world's most important stories.

For more, go to http://current.com/vanguard.
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  • Ninito
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      Ninito  

    • Although as a person of color living in NYC I agree with some of your comments about your article, I take it with a grain of salt as when any reporting is one-sided as I felt this one was> where were your drug dealers, suppliers and gangs that benefit from the sale of weed? Did you study or get statistical information of how many of the dealers are Anglo-Saxon? Or is it minority-on-minority drug world. You want to make your reporting more accepting by the everyday America working and respectful class? Stop reporting one sided story and by all means, don’t give the excuse that you tried to give others (i.e., NYC Police Dept.) the opportunity to comment and they refused. You are quite aware of why they would refuse your invitation and you are also quite aware of the channels you need to follow to get theses interviews. Be more realistic and maybe then you will get millions like me to give your reporting credibility.
      Ninito

    • 6 months ago

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