[Mb-civic] Subway Shakedowns: Necessary Security or Unconstitutional Violation?

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Eric Adams of 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care told the New York Times "You can say 'no profiling,' but when you have a police department that has a history of profiling, it is going to practice what it knows." 



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|  Subway Shakedowns: Necessary Security or Unconstitutional Violation?
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New York City police are now conducting random searches of subway passengers in a program of stepped-up security following the London subway and bus blasts earlier this month. Civil liberties groups say the searches are unconstitutional and ineffective. We host a debate. [includes rush transcript]
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