{"id":898,"date":"2012-10-31T07:22:36","date_gmt":"2012-10-31T07:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/?p=20316"},"modified":"2012-10-31T07:22:36","modified_gmt":"2012-10-31T07:22:36","slug":"a-possible-end-to-stop-and-frisk-may-shine-light-during-dark-times-in-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/a-possible-end-to-stop-and-frisk-may-shine-light-during-dark-times-in-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"A Possible End to Stop and Frisk May Shine Light During Dark Times in New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/a-possible-end-to-stop-and-frisk-may-shine-light-during-dark-times-in-new-york\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"290\" height=\"327\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/stop-and-frisk.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"stop and frisk\" title=\"stop and frisk\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-20317\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/a-possible-end-to-stop-and-frisk-may-shine-light-during-dark-times-in-new-york\/attachment\/stop-and-frisk\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-20317\" title=\"stop and frisk\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/stop-and-frisk-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>New Yorkers may have something to look forward to as they clean up the devastating mess left by Sandy.\u00a0 While by no means do we at<a href=\"www.marijuana.net\" target=\"_blank\"> marijuana.net <\/a>want to sugarcoat the impact and seriousness of the situation, we thought residents of New York may want to have their spirits lifted.\u00a0 Most residents of New York City will be at home or at evacuation centers as the MTA has shut down all bus and subway service and public schools are closed.\u00a0 New York City&#8217;s controversial &#8220;Stop and Frisk&#8221; policy may be soon coming to an end.<\/p>\n<p>Last year NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly issued a memo to police officers that instructed them not to coerce citizens into taking marijuana out of their pockets so they can be arrested on the &#8220;plain view&#8221; rule.\u00a0 Concealed possession (Under 25g) of marijuana is a civil citation ticket, however, when in &#8220;plain sight&#8221; the charge is escalated to a misdemeanor.\u00a0 This obviously goes against the spirit of the law.\u00a0 The city has to spend much more money on processing, incarcerations, and court fees due to additional arrests.\u00a0 The arrests disproportionately target non whites and teens which has drawn considerable criticism.<\/p>\n<p>Many residents and lawmakers have been fighting to fix the laws for a long time.\u00a0 The most high profile example comes from New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who is currently putting pressure on state legislators in Albany to fix the law.\u00a0 Joining the effort is a Bronx DA, Jeannette Rucker, who will not allow \u201cstop and frisk\u201d arrests on public housing property until an interview with the arresting officer is conducted.\u00a0 The move was in response to mounting complaints that officers are wrongly arresting residents.<\/p>\n<p>The issue of repealing \u201cStop and Frisk\u201d has taken years to gain momentum.\u00a0 However, now that the train is moving it may not stop until the policy is fixed.\u00a0 Besides the Governor\u2019s efforts and the move by Jeannette Rucker, there was a hearing held last week in Brooklyn by City Council members.\u00a0 The hearing included people who are on both sides of the issue such as members of the NYPD and activists against the policy.\u00a0 We expect more of these hearings to occur after New York recovers from Hurricane Sandy.\u00a0 New York City has so much damage to fix immediately, but ending \u201cStop and Frisk\u201d will help fix problems of the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"290\" height=\"327\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/stop-and-frisk.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"stop and frisk\" title=\"stop and frisk\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-20317\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/a-possible-end-to-stop-and-frisk-may-shine-light-during-dark-times-in-new-york\/attachment\/stop-and-frisk\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-20317\" title=\"stop and frisk\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/stop-and-frisk-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>New Yorkers may have something to look forward to as they clean up the devastating mess left by Sandy.\u00a0 While by no means do we at<a href=\"www.marijuana.net\" target=\"_blank\"> marijuana.net <\/a>want to sugarcoat the impact and seriousness of the situation, we thought residents of New York may want to have their spirits lifted.\u00a0 Most residents of New York City will be at home or at evacuation centers as the MTA has shut down all bus and subway service and public schools are closed.\u00a0 New York City&#8217;s controversial &#8220;Stop and Frisk&#8221; policy may be soon coming to an end.<\/p>\n<p>Last year NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly issued a memo to police officers that instructed them not to coerce citizens into taking marijuana out of their pockets so they can be arrested on the &#8220;plain view&#8221; rule.\u00a0 Concealed possession (Under 25g) of marijuana is a civil citation ticket, however, when in &#8220;plain sight&#8221; the charge is escalated to a misdemeanor.\u00a0 This obviously goes against the spirit of the law.\u00a0 The city has to spend much more money on processing, incarcerations, and court fees due to additional arrests.\u00a0 The arrests disproportionately target non whites and teens which has drawn considerable criticism.<\/p>\n<p>Many residents and lawmakers have been fighting to fix the laws for a long time.\u00a0 The most high profile example comes from New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who is currently putting pressure on state legislators in Albany to fix the law.\u00a0 Joining the effort is a Bronx DA, Jeannette Rucker, who will not allow \u201cstop and frisk\u201d arrests on public housing property until an interview with the arresting officer is conducted.\u00a0 The move was in response to mounting complaints that officers are wrongly arresting residents.<\/p>\n<p>The issue of repealing \u201cStop and Frisk\u201d has taken years to gain momentum.\u00a0 However, now that the train is moving it may not stop until the policy is fixed.\u00a0 Besides the Governor\u2019s efforts and the move by Jeannette Rucker, there was a hearing held last week in Brooklyn by City Council members.\u00a0 The hearing included people who are on both sides of the issue such as members of the NYPD and activists against the policy.\u00a0 We expect more of these hearings to occur after New York recovers from Hurricane Sandy.\u00a0 New York City has so much damage to fix immediately, but ending \u201cStop and Frisk\u201d will help fix problems of the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[746,52,747,739,748,56,9,749,392,51,70,750,394,1,3,61],"tags":[3319,2632,3320,3312,3321,2636,3322,2970,2631,5,3323,2972,6],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}