telephonymetadata https://www.dailykos.com/news/telephonymetadata News Community Action Copyright 2005 - Steal what you want Tue, 28 Jan 2020 02:03:18 +0000 Tue, 28 Jan 2020 02:03:18 +0000 Daily Kos rss@dailykos.com (Daily Kos) Daily Kos rss@dailykos.com (Daily Kos) If 'stop and frisk' is wrong for the NYPD, it's wrong for the NSA https://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/8/13/1230949/-If-stop-and-frisk-is-wrong-for-the-NYPD-it-s-wrong-for-the-NSA <div class="dkimg-c"><span class="image_container"><img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/dk-production/images/44500/large/NSA-NYPD_dragnet.jpg?1376415750" alt="" width="550" height="458" /></span></div> <blockquote>"While a person’s race may be important if it fits the description of a particular crime suspect, it is impermissible to subject all members of a racially defined group to heightened police enforcement because some members of that group are criminals...<br /> "The Equal Protection Clause does not permit the police to target a racially defined group as a whole because of the misdeeds of some of its members."<br /> - U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin, of the Southern District of New York, in <a href="http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/750446/stop-and-frisk-memoranda.pdf#page=11&amp;zoom=auto,0,128" title="pdf of Judge Shira Scheindlin ruling" target="_blank">her ruling</a> against the NYPD's use of "Stop and Frisk"</blockquote> It's rare that so many news stories converge around so many similar themes at the same time - abuse of power and invasion of privacy. <p>Given Judge Scheindlin's ruling, Monday, it is likely that Chief Justice John Roberts will not be selecting her to preside over a FISA court any time soon. The spirit of her ruling against the NYPD's policy of "Stop and Frisk," because it targeted individuals who were specifically black and Hispanic, suggests that she would have a similar opinion of the National Security Agency's dragnet approach to collecting what it calls "telephony metadata" of millions of innocent Americans who are not suspected of any wrongdoing.</p> rss@dailykos.com (ProseAndThorn) AbuseofPower EdwardSnowden invasionofprivacy IRS NSA NYPD Politics Stop and Frisk StopandFrisk telephonymetadata TrayvonMartin _1230949 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 17:50:38 +0000