Stop-and-Frisk: The High School Senior

[@ZerinaPhillip]

Thanks for this video. A must for all to see. I live in Brooklyn too and have sons. I share this.

[@pietrocarini7455]

This is disgusting and it makes me so angry! Thank you for making these videos. I hope that they can make a difference by making people see this unfair truth. My heart goes out to everyone who has to deal with this bs. Just know that lots of people are on your side and will fight for you. Be proud and stay strong.

[@RenStarFilm]

I'm blessed to know KASIEM and soon to be working with him...

[@OilLachine1512]

I used to live in this area. And I still visit

[@summer2011leggo]

I'm very happy to see a young man like this with a goal to improve society.He found a problem and now he's getting the word out to end it. Good luck dude

[@dallylamont]

Wonderfully said

[@angie20115]

Well said young man keep your head up

[@PEB979]

YOU SPEAK VERY WELL YOUNG MAN , KEEP YOUR HEAD UP .

[@stevengresko1037]

Stay strong my freind this has to end you need to be living life without being in fear.Im so hsppy you posted this awesome job.lol

[@51507472]

thank you...a breath of fresh air

[@bethaniejify]

Thank you. Thank you.

[@dennishoule2570]

Citizens need to record cops all the time

[@nytillidie333]

"giving high-fives and being mistaken for selling drugs" thast happend to me once 4 under cover cops hopped out of a mini van after my friend gave a high five to someone

[@anpas30]

really Moving...wishing you the best on your campaign

[@shahster1]

Power to u on this well put together vid... Stop & Frisk has been like a NORM now in Flatbush, East Flatbush and Canarsie...It leaves a dehumanizing paranoid fear in our children and men....End Stop And Frisk!!!!

[@psblove]

Powerful Words. I too grew up in South Central LA fearing and rarely calling the cops. Even to this day every time I see cop behind me I get nervous, I tried torrid myself of that reaction but it's too ingrained.

[@sweetfruitbear]

Does anyone know the song they used in the beginning, with the piano?

[@cccEngineer]

Stop and Frisk, greatest thing to happen to communities since 1984 . . .Oh wait. . .

[@nycresistance]

Great video, thanks for making this !

[@TezukaKohei]

What year are we living in? Malcolm X would be shocked at this.

[@josephbattaglia3690]

thankfully hes dead

[@WickhamAvenueMassive]

Why would Malcolm X be shocked when He was alive in an era where black people were treated much worst... If anything he would say "I Told you So!"

[@TezukaKohei]

WickhamAvenueMassive Yes but for 2013? Almost half a century after his death. Disgraceful and shame on this nation.

[@WickhamAvenueMassive]

We will never get it together because we're too warped in the way of the "white mans world"... I know I'm gonna get flack for saying that! When we we're out there marching for equality we should've been marching for community as well! We wanted equality to do what? Assimilate and become "gentrified" meanwhile our minority counterparts (Asian's Hispanics) whom suffered the same feat of racism can come into this country with their shit together... Why's that? Because they are about COMMUNITY! They know that in this society it's a colour and class system so rather than doing the "yes massa" tap dance they did their own shit and now in every state you have a predominately Asian or predominately Hispanic neighborhood full of civil liberties for that culture... You go into a "black hood" and what do they have... Chicken joint, liquor store, check cashing place and all owned by whites and operated by others... but never truly BLACK... it's high time we get our shit together and maybe, just maybe we wont be at the bottom of the totem pole no more!

[@WickhamAvenueMassive]

That was the message that Brother Malcolm was trying to preach btw... but everyone was up on the "we shall overcome by perming our hair and bleaching our skin attitude" @ Tekkmon

[@HasuRoTasu]

also if you want I can write you a PF case because I need the practice on case-writing and it'd be a good time to see how many studies I can pull up in 10 minutes, seeing as in the last 30 seconds I've managed to find 4 different studies

[@scientifico]

I grew up in east flatbush and still have family there. I've noticed the police presence feels like and occupation. They have portable police towers which are like prison guard towers. Police will park their cars on consecutive blocks with their flashing lights on but no cops inside. It's dehumanizing for the entire community and it seems they want to instill fear of police, which I'm sure will have a negative effect as far as their interaction with the people.

[@usmanali3841]

im from the same neighborhood and its not a being a young african american thing because im from pakistan and i have been stopped more than 20 times just this summer thats without counting the last 3 or 4 years. these videos need to send a greater message than just from the african american community because there all a million different kind of people that live here, it is by far the most diverse neighborhood i have ever been to in all my life travels around this great city and around the world

[@PS37196]

It is diverse. It has many immigrants from the Caribbean. A lot of Haitians, Jamaicans, Trinidadians, Bajans Guyanese, Grenadians and others form smaller islands. It also has a sizable African American population. It's religiously diverse too with many Catholics, Anglicans, and other Protestant groups.

[@russsssman]

Really great video btw. I know you already are that change. Keep it going!

[@kathleenwykle736]

Great video , sad subject

[@Thatblack1]

They have been doing this long before there was a "law" saying it was okay. I lived in the Bronx and the first time I was stopped I was 12.

[@RecycledRocker2]

welll said young man. I'm with you 100% no one should be scared of the pklkce.

[@SimoneBrown]

Great video!

[@neondion90]

And this is why you won't EVER understand. You don't know and won't. Don't try and walk in shoes that won't ever fit.

[@GenjiSama91]

I would just start carrying around a copy of the Bill of Rights with me and asking them to read the 4th amendment, every single time they stopped me, followed by "so who's the real criminal here?"

[@tac6557]

Dumbass Terry Stops ARE LEGAL.

[@joeking9231]

Look at the crime statistics before, during, and after "Stop and Frisk". What do you see?

[@Spawnwatching]

I live in Brooklyn

[@yashipatel3241]

Crazy thing is I was born a and lived in that area

[@Kingair315]

Correct, Got frisked for being in Harlem in the 50's... didnt look like I belonged there, so they stopped me, and frisked me for drugs, even though Caucasian.

[@Tessasdadd0]

Never been stopped, but I get it. Anyone who understand their Constitutional rights should get it.

[@panicprone11]

This video was pretty moving. I can honestly say that it must be hard to be an african american male in rough neighborhoods. Hes so young and hes been stopped and frisked 7 times wow. Its only happened to me once, but i live in a pretty quiet neighborhood of queens and i am not african american. I feel bad for the kid

[@slikdarelic]

good vid.. im definitely sharin it!

[@professorbland]

man they're making Flatbush look awful nice. I wish there was a piano playing and slow mo all the time! @1:28 Awww he looks like bambi! Excellent job guys!!!

[@PEB979]

I JUST SAW THIS FOR THE FIRST . DRIVING HOME WHEN OUT OF THE BLUE TWO POLICE CARS JUMPED OUT BLOCKED THE STREET AND BODY CHECKED THESE BLACK YOUTHS THEN JUMPED IN THE POLICE CAR AND SCREAMED OFF . YOU SEE ABUSE OF POWERFUL FROM THE SUPPOSILBLY FINEST . NOT ! EVERYONE WAS LIKE LOOKING AT EACH OTHER LIKE WHAT JUST HAPPENED . THE STOP AND FRISK IS FOR BLACKS IT WAS DETERMINED IN THE MEETINGS THEY HAVE ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE

[@coffeeishappiness]

What you say is true. Took a class in criminology. Cops specifically target poor neighbor hoods because of targeting the general "idea" of criminals, so the crimes done in rich "white" community barely/never gets reported.

[@Spawnwatching]

M in Brooklyn

[@coffeeishappiness]

Well yes, but now you are just stating the obvious of this problem. That is like one area. OK. Good. Now apply that logic anywhere, everywhere else in the US. >_> Good job you are proving the point.

[@Melpheos1er]

I knew it was bad but not to that extent...

[@russsssman]

As a white guy, I've had my fair share of police harrassment when I was a punk. Yeah cops should set an example. Why not start first with being change in the community that cops don't have to be douches? Imagine your same neighborhood where everyone gets along and crime is almost non-existent. Do you still think the majority of police there would need to instill that fear? Looking around the rest of the country... Probably NO.

[@baddadanu]

And this is where your racism becomes evident. Equating YOUR life as a young PUNK to these young people who are simply young people living their lives. YOU were a punk. That's your business. The automatic assumption that these kids ARE... is what fuels the problem. The automatic assumption that cops instilling fear stems from a NEED to do so... is what fuels the problem. Your candor is appreciated. Your prejudices aren't.

[@RonSpice]

No. It used to be a LOT worse than it is now.

[@yellowman617]

aint that asap soho lmao

[@jensen1971x]

So true, and people shouldn't be required to be female just to keep from being suspected of evil deeds..........

[@jimandrews5507]

You are correct, stop and frisk is unconstitutional. As you say in your video, which was very nicely put, police officers should get to know you. I have a question though. How do they know the bangers from the good kids. And, is it possible that be using this unconstitutional practice, some of your friends are alive today? Is this making NY safer? Check out the murder rate in Chicago where they don't stop and frisk.

[@Festias]

That fucking sucks. I hate bad cops even more than I hate criminals. Urban cops, especially the NYPD, need to shape the hell up. I hope this campaign gets some good change going.

[@davandstudios]

" a known drug dealing handshake" However stupidity last forever.

[@TGCboogie]

If everyone could just agree, "we aint going to let anyone search us," It's not like they could send the whole population of new york to jail.

[@ashtonparker3008]

No, as a White American male, I know exactly how good I have it. I also know that where I live, the type of kids that are really out there trying to "prove" themselves DO NOT look like the kids in this video here.

[@yourfastlife]

No, we are all outraged by the SUV/Biker thing...THIS...who cares. We got our priorities straight? Right? Right? Don't we? SMH

[@Kingair315]

IT is unfortunate we live in bad neighborhoods. Being black is not the reason we get stopped. Living in such neighborhoods is the cause. High crime rates. As Caucasian, living in a low income neighborhood of Boston, was stopped a LOT more than seven times, in ONE year & that was in the 40's.... Get out when you can, though I never finished HS, joined the army at 16, and got out. Finished HS in the Army. You can get a college education, FREE just by STUDYING books, and take CLEP exam .

[@dynamitesoul1]

It's a solidly middle class area. While being Black often equals poorer treatment statistically, Black neighborhoods ≠ poor neighborhood at all times.

[@digerpaji]

because it is a part of their policy.

[@tlynnch100]

Its a bad, illegal policy. I'm afraid I would force them to arrest me for I doubt I would cooperate. Good thing we don't have it here.

[@MylkyD]

Unfortunately, getting to know the citizenry you police doesn't contribute to the revenue-generating machine, which policing has been for a VERY LONG TIME. So police will remain corupt. Don't expect a thing to change, until the concept of what actually funds the police changes. Defend your rights whenever possible.

[@Kingair315]

Revenue generated by Police, helps pay for policing the community. If they generated nothing, our taxes would be much higher. Why shouldn't those who commit crime, pay for the arrest and conviction of their actions? That also includes things like traffic tickets, if you obey the law, you do not pay. Ive been driving since 1942 and never received a ticket, though Ive been stopped for various reasons.

[@sohec]

Check out this video on KZbin: Stop and Frisk is out if control.. Stop and Frisk Criminals not kids. Cops need to know the neighborhood they work in.. Be courteous to the community. Hello, Good morning or Good evening is always a welcoming greeting.. Being a cop makes you a protector of a community not a hater of a community.. You can smile, you are part othe community even if at the end if the day you rest your head far away.

[@coffeeishappiness]

I feel like the point of this video went over a chunk of peoples head. (mainly because they probably can't relate) But if you are the stereotype of suspicious, basically cops go after you. On top of that, because cops deem you as suspicious, and you do need help, why ask for help through people who install fear? Watch the Stanford Prison Expirement if you don't think "righteous" power goes into cop's heads.

[@davandstudios]

None of that is probable cause. You might want to look up the Constitutional meaning

[@someguyfromthenowher]

ps not one conviction or arrest.

[@coffeeishappiness]

And I apologize for saying one area because it isn't, there are poor neighborhoods with crime all over the US, and generally the poor people of that neighborhood are usually a certain ethnicity and that ethnicity IS doing the crime....in that poor neighborhood...It happens but it is not like the whole neighborhood does crime geez.

[@mad555max]

dont you people understand that these cops all over the nation are ignoring your constitutional rights?

[@HasuRoTasu]

If you're saying stop and frisk has to happen because of the way people are brought up, then shouldn't you be advocating for changing the home situations of those that you call, "stupid, senseless, immorally [brought]-up black/Hispanic youths?"

[@dionespears2977]

If the police is going to stop and frisk people let it be both races not just blacks one thing about it we both breed the same kind of blood where they like it are not we're smart intelligent creative we're out spoken we're different we're unique we can build what ever we want we have dreams for our children grandchildren to be what ever they want to be in their lives and we want them and us to live to see these come to pass we need our sons Daughters to rise above in their lives

[@oywidapoodles]

it's fucked up that people in the comments are excusing this.

[@FASSY524]

I'm white and I have been frisked before.

[@lclovesu2]

cops not fighting crime.... no suprise.

[@Koriolis]

Innocent until proven guilty.

[@ashtonparker3008]

You ALMOST had a point until you equated hand shaking with acting in a savage manner. I mean seriously, that's just ridiculous.

[@Stuper033]

Hint: Dress like a self-respecting individual instead of wearing a baseball cap slanted and baggy clothes.

[@sthomaslewis]

Stop and frisk sounds like it is violating the 4th Amendment. You had the right to state to the police that you do not agree to searches and ask if you are free to go. It is unfortunate that nobody taught you the Constitution in school.

[@51507472]

UMMMMM.....is it just me or weren't there "minority" cops in this ridiculous video....nah, they were airbrushed....freakin' bleeding hearts

[@censored6x]

At very least, police sd stop&frisk with 'courtesy, professionalism, & respect'. There is no excuse for throwing people's stuff on the ground, pushing them around, being aggressive and abusive, and acting like uncouth, ignorant thugs. It is understandable that people being searched feel humiliated and angry, and police had better learn to deal with that reaction in a reasonable manner instead of exacerbating the experience. Police need better training. Idiot-bullies on power trips sd be fired.

[@SL4VE0WNER1904619]

i dont agree with the stop and frisk but he's kind of being a hypocrite. he has a bad experience with a few cops and he categorizes them as all the same then gets mad when cops do the same thing which is categorize.

[@josephbattaglia3690]

true

[@punkgrl325]

I don't think it's fair to call him a hypocrite simply because he feels the need to speak about his bad experiences. I wouldn't call being stopped seven times "a few" either. Besides, for all we know, all the cops in his area could be bad. He's just trying to make people realize how innocent students like him are being victimized every day and losing faith in authority figures because of this dumb policy.

[@SL4VE0WNER1904619]

yeah but he's saying cops like all of them are the same which there not.

[@liberatedvialove]

SL4VE0WNER1904619 He's skeptical of them because of his experience. It's different. If you go to 10 doctors and 4 of the ten mishandled you, overcharged you and harassed you, the completely opposite of what a doctor takes oath to do, you will automatically be skeptical of the 11th doctor he sees. Hes not saying they're all bad but his experience with a cop shouldve never gone down as it did because of what they were sworn to do.Then also, you don't know of his experience with the police on a whole. Those may have been his only interactions directly with them.

[@SL4VE0WNER1904619]

dwayne smith hes still being a hypocrite. hes categorizing them. what if cops have had a bad experience every time they stop black guys walking down the street? you don't realize the shit cops go through every day.

[@51507472]

ok....so stop perpetrating and everything will be ok..SIMPLE

[@Spawnwatching]

M

[@sstephensss143]

What a sad commentary... what has our nation come to?

[@chrisrules9955]

Then start making videos showing Pakistanis facing the same harm. That won't hurt the cause it'll help it. White people rarely act when its injustice happening to blacks. Let's start showing the white faces harmed by Occupy Wall Street, and the Muslims harmed by the war on terror and unite against this oppression. Don't start trying to demean the African Americans for pointing out what you yourself consider widespread oppression and unconstitutional over reach by the NYPD.