Stop & Frisk: Bloomberg's Plan to Criminalize Minority Males?

* Note *Between the time I checked to see if anyone had diaried this and the time I finish mine, Mets102 published an excellent diary covering this topic; however, I cannot let my "hard" work go to waste, so I'm posting mine anyway

In previous diaries I examined the legality of Mayor Bloomberg's Stop & Frisk (S&F) program, especially in regards to it's constitutionality (see here and here). But in an article in today's NY Times, another aspect of this "strategy" is revealed, and its implications are so onerous that Bloomberg is going to have a hard time whitewashing them. It seems that the largest number of arrest in NYC are for possession of small amounts of marijuana (MJ) and that these arrest are, by far, the largest single reason why people are arrested in NYC.

Now NYS Governor Cuomo is stepping into the fray by proposing the decriminalization of small amounts of MJ:

Cuomo Seeks Cut in Frisk Arrests
By THOMAS KAPLAN
Published: June 3, 2012 103 Comments

Wading into the debate over stop-and-frisk police tactics, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo plans to ask legislators on Monday for a change in New York State law that would drastically reduce the number of people who could be arrested for marijuana possession as a result of police stops.

If your blood does not boil when you find out just how many arrest for small amounts of MJ have occurred under Mayor Bloomberg, then you're one cold-blooded mofo.

Just Like Bloomberg.

Details after the Kossacht Ink Blot