frisk
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“We have a law that’s used for something akin to stop and frisk and punishes people for living in areas without safe infrastructure,” said Hester Serebrin, policy director for the Transportation Choices Coalition.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2023
White was with the unit because she could do things — such as frisk women wearing burqas — that men couldn’t.
From Washington Post • Jan. 26, 2023
He began his career as a lawyer before being elected to the New York state legislature, where he championed affordable housing and worked on policing issues, notably the controversial practice known as "stop and frisk."
From Reuters • Nov. 18, 2022
If we have a law that prohibits police officers from asking a child to lift their shirt or to consent to a frisk, that might be one less child in the system.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2021
He had given Frankie a visual frisk as he came in and he knew there wasn’t 75 cents on him.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
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