Washington, DC, councilmembers opposed a so-called “stop and frisk” proposal this week to curb soaring crime brutalizing taxpaying residents.
The proposed measure is one of the latest initiatives to encourage law and order in the crime-ridden district some residents call a war zone. U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Matthew Graves, requested the council adopt the measure.
The measure would give authorities the right to stop individuals already convicted or charged with gun crimes at any time or for any reason, “without a warrant to search for guns if they are out on the street on parole, probation, or pretrial supervised release,” WUSA9 CBS reported this week.
“Any proposal that would allow the police to stop anyone, at any time at random is dangerous, particularly for young black residents,” Ward 5 Councilmember Zachary Parker said during hearings about the bill.
Graves, whose office failed to prosecute 56 percent of those arrested in 2023, said the initiative would not be a “stop and frisk” measure.
“You could only be searched if you were under court supervision. This is not random stopping of individuals on the streets,” he…
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