Progressive orthodoxy is running wild, and costing Philadelphians their lives.
The African American City Council President, Darrell Clarke, makes a plea for constitutional searches to remove guns from the street and combat the unceasing violence plaguing communities of color. “We have a lot of citizens in the streets of Philadelphia talking about ‘When are we gonna look at stop-and-frisk in a constitutionally enacted way?’”
The white District Attorney, Larry Krasner, and white Mayor, Jim Kenney, respond by characterizing his suggestion as stupid and racist. “What we are going to stop,” Kenney said, “is the random stopping of people, Latinos and African Americans, on the street and the cop asking, ‘What are you doing here?’ and making them empty their bag and empty their pockets. There is a balance between crime-fighting and being oppressive.” Krasner echoes the criticism: “It’s time to give up on stupid stuff that didn’t work,” Krasner has previously blamed “massive, illegal ‘stop and frisk’ for breaking the relationship with the community. He has also asserted that prosecuting people for illegal gun possession is not an effective way to combat gun violence but instead “criminalizes poverty”
The progressive members of City Council tweet that “Stop and Frisk does not work” “Stop and Frisk is indiscriminately used in predominantly Black communities.” “Stop and Frisk is Unconstitutional!”
This is the madness of progressive orthodoxy, the mirror image of right-wing extremism....
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