The Hunted and the Hated: An Inside Look at the NYPD's Stop-and-Frisk Policy
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0:45 - 0:46[ Police Sirens ]
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0:49 - 0:50[ cop ] You look very suspicious.
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0:50 - 0:52Cause you are always looking at me crazy.
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0:53 - 0:55[ Music Playing... ]
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1:03 - 1:06[ Altercation Occurring ]
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1:11 - 1:13That is exactly how some (explicit) will go down.
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1:13 - 1:14Just like that.
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1:14 - 1:15Just like that.
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1:16 - 1:19People do not like the police
because of the harassment. -
1:19 - 1:23And what civilians do not understand, is that
the police department is like forcing us... -
1:23 - 1:25...to do these unreasonable stops,
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1:25 - 1:28or, you're going to get penalized.
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1:46 - 1:48I think the mayor is absolutely correct.
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1:49 - 1:53Some people are just very hurt by it, and upset,
when they are stopped unnecessarily. -
1:53 - 1:54Well I understand that.
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1:54 - 1:55Some people...
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1:55 - 1:59You know you're taking away, at the very least,
you are taking away people's time. -
1:59 - 2:01So I understand, that people
may not be happy with it. -
2:01 - 2:04But I can also assure you, that I go
to the communities, communities of color,... -
2:04 - 2:06...people want more.
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2:06 - 2:07[ reporter ] They want more stop and frisks?
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2:07 - 2:07Absolutely.
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2:13 - 2:17I had this captain who walked into the precinct,
and he gave a speech about harassing the public. -
2:17 - 2:19His words were...
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2:19 - 2:21"We're going to go out there
and violate some rights." -
2:22 - 2:24We hear it from the captain down.
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2:24 - 2:25We want 250s.
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2:26 - 2:28This is Stop, Question, and Frisk.
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2:30 - 2:32[ phone ringing ]
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2:44 - 2:49I was walking home from my girlfriends house,
and a cop car went passed me. -
2:49 - 2:52A couple of seconds later
I heard the car turn around., -
2:52 - 2:53and, they just popped out.
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2:53 - 2:55They all just jumped out of the car.
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2:55 - 2:58I decided to record it 'cause
I was getting stopped a lot, -
2:58 - 3:02and I didn't have evidence of cops
being disrespectful and everything. -
3:02 - 3:06So I pressed the button,
and it recorded the whole thing. -
3:08 - 3:11Yo I just got stopped like two blocks ago.
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3:11 - 3:13Cause you are always looking at me crazy.
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3:19 - 3:20[ cop ] That's our job my man.
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3:20 - 3:22Listen to me. Listen to me.
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3:30 - 3:32[ cop ] Because you keep doing that shit, man.
We stopped you last time. -
3:45 - 3:47[ cop ] Who the fuck are you talkin' to?
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3:47 - 3:48[ Alvin ] You asked me why I had a bookbag on.
[ cop ] Who the fuck do you think you're talking to? -
3:48 - 3:50[ Alvin ] You asked me why I had a bookbag on.
[ cop ] Who the fuck do you think you're talking to? -
3:50 - 3:52[ altercation occurring ]
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3:52 - 3:53Why you touching me for?
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3:53 - 3:54He was holding me.
He was going through my pockets. -
3:55 - 3:57Going up and down.
He was going through my sweater. -
3:57 - 3:59Then that's when he told me
to keep my hands on my head. -
3:59 - 4:02So I was like this the whole time.
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4:02 - 4:04[ Alvin ] For what?
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4:04 - 4:05[ cop ] Shut your fuckin; mouth kid.
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4:05 - 4:06[ Alvin ] Why am I getting arrested for?
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4:06 - 4:07[ cop ] SHUT YOUR MOUTH!
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4:07 - 4:08[ Alvin ] What am I being arrested for?
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4:16 - 4:19He decided to take my hands, from here,
and put it behind my back, like that. -
4:23 - 4:25[ cop ] Shut your fucking mouth!
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4:25 - 4:26[ Alvin ] You're asking me questions!
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4:27 - 4:28I was..
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4:28 - 4:30[ cop ] Have some fuckin' respect!
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4:31 - 4:32[ Alvin ] ... 'cause you always stoppin' me
for no reason. -
4:34 - 4:36[ Alvin ] You're going to break my arm?
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4:36 - 4:38For what?
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4:38 - 4:40[ cop ] Who's your father?
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4:40 - 4:42[ Alvin ] He's not going to answer
he doesn't got a phone. -
4:42 - 4:43He is a traffic cop?
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4:43 - 4:44Figures.
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4:44 - 4:47[ Alvin ] Don't touch me. OK he's a traff...
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4:47 - 4:51[ recording playing back some of previous assault ]
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4:53 - 4:55While they holding me...
the sergeant is holding me like this. -
4:55 - 4:58He's like, "I'm going to break your arm."
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4:58 - 5:00I'm like..I'm like, you're going to break my arm?
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5:00 - 5:01He said "yeah and I'm gonna
punch you in the face." -
5:01 - 5:03I was like you know, "you're gonna
punch my in my face? -
5:03 - 5:05He's like "yeah, and then I'm gonna arrest you."
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5:05 - 5:06I'm like, "arrest me for what?"
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5:06 - 5:08He's like, "for being a mutt."
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5:08 - 5:12So he grabbed me, by my book bag,
and started pushing me down. -
5:12 - 5:15So I am going backwards down a hill, and he
just kept pushing me and pushing me. -
5:15 - 5:17It looked like he was going to hit me.
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5:17 - 5:22I felt like they were trying to make me resist,
so they could fight me back. -
5:23 - 5:34[ recording playing back assault... ]
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5:39 - 5:41I'm mad just hearing that thing.
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5:41 - 5:44Not many words really, like, could describe that.
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5:44 - 5:46It's just disturbing.
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5:46 - 5:48But, that is exactly what is happening.
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5:48 - 5:50Like, I can relate to what he is doing.
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5:50 - 5:52Cause I know that situation.
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5:52 - 5:54They just don't got no respect for us.
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5:54 - 5:57And they wonder why we
don't have respect for them. -
5:57 - 6:00For them to just call him a name like that like...
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6:00 - 6:03That's just crazy.
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6:04 - 6:08[ interviewer ] Do you think, that during stops,
that some police officers try to provoke,... -
6:08 - 6:10..so that they can justify arrests?
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6:10 - 6:13[ cop ] Of course they do. A lot of police officers
they try to set civilians off. -
6:14 - 6:18and then once they start talking, start cursing,
they can lock them off for anything. -
6:18 - 6:20There were two minorities leaning against the wall.
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6:20 - 6:21They weren't doing anything.
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6:21 - 6:25My sergeant ordered me to write them
"blocking pedestrian traffic". -
6:25 - 6:28If you are a certain ethnicity,
standing on the corner,... -
6:28 - 6:34-lieutenants, sergeants- have no problem searching
you, violating your rights, and racial profiling. -
6:34 - 6:38There was one statement, that the sergeant said,
about what he used to do. -
6:38 - 6:40He used to stop a guy walking down the street...
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6:40 - 6:43...with baggy pants, his underwear hanging out,
and he'd just stop him. -
6:43 - 6:47He says "I know he's probably up to nothin',
but I just stop him anyway to get a 250". -
6:47 - 6:51There's this one cop that everybody
in the neighbourhood knows. -
6:51 - 6:53Stopped us like three times already.
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6:53 - 6:55He was like, "Now come here".
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6:55 - 6:57So they got out the car.
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6:57 - 6:58They threw my friend on the car.
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6:58 - 7:01I'm still walking.
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7:01 - 7:03He spun me around and punched me in my stomach.
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7:03 - 7:05He started just patting us down.
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7:05 - 7:07He just left us there.
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7:09 - 7:15What we're trying to do is, is make certain
that it's done as professionally as possible. -
7:16 - 7:19That the proper respect is shown
and done according to the law. -
7:20 - 7:21This goes all the way up.
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7:21 - 7:23All the way up to the commissioners office.
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7:23 - 7:25I'd say even the mayors office.
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7:25 - 7:27Where they are trying to be proactive.
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7:27 - 7:30and say "look, we are stopping people
and getting drugs and guns off the streets." -
7:30 - 7:35But it's not. I think of the 600,000 people
that were stopped last year, -
7:35 - 7:39only 1%, of those that were stopped,
were carrying weapons. -
7:49 - 7:53[ newscasters ] The NYPD controversial
Stop and Frisk policy... -
7:56 - 8:02Last year your police officers stopped
and interrogated people nearly 686,000 times... -
8:02 - 8:08Today, that lawsuit raises serious questions about
quotas, racial profiling, and constitutional rights. -
8:09 - 8:14The public isn't aware of what's happening,
but everything is being look at as far as numbers. -
8:14 - 8:14And it's a numbers game.
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8:14 - 8:19Ok. What did you get last year? Well, you
have to match it, and give me more this year. -
9:38 - 9:40They're trying to keep all of this stuff quiet.
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9:42 - 9:45So this is my proof, that they're putting
pressure on me to write summonses. -
9:46 - 9:50Commanders are trying to be proactive,
or show that they're being proactive. -
9:50 - 9:53And here you have a system where people
are told to get those numbers,... -
9:53 - 9:56... to where they should to be,
and you're gonna get your promotion. -
9:56 - 10:00The commanding officer wants
to become a deputy inspector. -
10:00 - 10:03The executive officer wants to become
a commanding officer. -
10:03 - 10:07If you do well, by keeping the arrests up
and the summonses up,... -
10:07 - 10:09...you will be promoted to the next rank.
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10:09 - 10:13So, they put pressure on the police officers
to generate numbers and arrests. -
10:20 - 10:21I mean, lets be real, it is a quota.
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10:21 - 10:23Nobody wants to call it that,
but that's what it is. -
10:23 - 10:27They can call it a performance objective. They call
it a goal that can mask it however they want. -
10:27 - 10:29It's a quota, and it does exist.
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10:30 - 10:33Some of us, under the stress, make them up.
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10:33 - 10:37Some of us, under the stress,
stop innocent people and search them. -
10:37 - 10:41And there are certain units out there
that will run around and stop everybody. -
10:44 - 10:47What happens to the officer if they don't do
what the police department tells them to do? -
10:47 - 10:50As far as quotas, they will come after you.
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10:50 - 10:54Come after you meaning transfers.
Giving you low evaluations. -
10:54 - 10:57They give you unwanted assignments.
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10:57 - 10:58Put you in a post which is very dangerous.
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10:58 - 11:01High crime. By yourself. In a corner.
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11:01 - 11:03This is a form of retaliation.
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11:03 - 11:05Basically a change of tours,
put you on the midnight. -
11:05 - 11:07They make you look bad on paperwork.
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11:07 - 11:10And that paperwork will trail you
for the rest of your police career. -
11:10 - 11:14And knowing that your livelihood is at stake,
you meet the quota. -
11:15 - 11:18It does create this feeling, of hey listen,
I got to get my numbers. -
11:19 - 11:25When you put that pressure on the officer,
this us versus them mentality does exist. -
11:29 - 11:31When I came into this police department,
I wanted to help people. -
11:31 - 11:34But the civilian population they are being hunted.
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11:34 - 11:37Instead of being protected by us,
they're being hunted. -
11:37 - 11:39And we're being hated.
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11:39 - 11:41The police department is pushing the new guys
to be bounty hunters. -
11:41 - 11:43And I use that word because
that's exactly what it is. -
11:43 - 11:45They're hunting.
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11:45 - 11:48There's a lot of officers, who are fed up,
and want to do something about it. -
11:48 - 11:50And there's people who are scared.
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11:51 - 11:54There's a lot of officers that would like
to tell their story. -
11:54 - 11:56But, nobody wants to hear the truth.
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11:56 - 11:59Nobody wants to hear the bad.
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12:01 - 12:05You need police, but the police department
needs to change things. -
12:06 - 12:08At one point, I did want to be a cop,
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12:08 - 12:14to help people, and mostly just be like able to
wear a badge, and uniform, and be proud of it. -
12:14 - 12:16Now I feel like i'm not sure.
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12:16 - 12:17Cause they're not there to help people anymore.
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12:17 - 12:19They're just there to like stop and humiliate them.
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12:19 - 12:21Make them feel bad.
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12:24 - 12:27There is no excuses for the way they treated me.
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12:27 - 12:30This one individual was thinking about doing NYPD.
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12:30 - 12:33The first thing I told him is, "Definitely not."
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12:33 - 12:39This job, racial profiles, will force you to do things
that you don't wanna do. -
12:39 - 12:41We're supposed to be the best in the world?
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12:41 - 12:45We're the best at making money, and we're
the best at arresting, and summonsing, everybody.
- Title:
- The Hunted and the Hated: An Inside Look at the NYPD's Stop-and-Frisk Policy
- Description:
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A secret audio recording of a stop-and-frisk in action sheds unprecedented light on a practice that has put the city's young people of color in the NYPD's crosshairs. Read the full story at: http://www.thenation.com/article/170413/stopped-and-frisked-being-fking-mutt-video
Directed by Ross Tuttle
Produced by Ross Tuttle, Erin Schneider, Stephen Maing
Camera by Ross Tuttle, Stephen Maing
Editing by Stephen Maing, Carla Ruff================
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