Trump: I’d Use ‘Stop-and-Frisk’ to End Violence in Black Communities

During a pre-taped “core black issues” town-hall interview with Sean Hannity on Fox News, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump revealed Wednesday that he would like to see “stop-and-frisk” policing enacted nationwide as a way to end violence in black communities. “I would do stop-and-frisk. I think you have to,” he reportedly said in response to an audience member’s question about stopping “black-on-black” crime. “We did it in New York, it worked incredibly well, and you have to be proactive and, you know, you really help people sort of change their mind automatically.” Despite studies showing the practice wasn’t all that effective in making cities safer, and widespread criticism of its race-based tactics, Trump continued to extol stop-and-frisk’s virtues: “In New York City, it was so incredible, the way it worked.”