WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — During a presidential debate on Monday, Trump advocated for the increased use of the stop-and-frisk policy, which he said was very effective in New York City and cut gun-related deaths four times.
"There are a lot of constitutional questions that are raised by [Trump's stop-and-frisk] policy," Earnest stated. "There was a federal judge who weighted in and made it clear that [stop-and-frisk] used in New York was inconsistent with the US constitution."
Stop-and-frisk, which allows law enforcement officers to search persons on the street, has sparked criticism on civil-rights grounds.
In 2013, a federal judge ruled that the New York Police Department’s aggressive use of the practice violated minorities’ constitutional rights.
