Newsfront

February, 2003

what's happening in the sexual and social arenasCheap ShotsWilmington, Delaware—The city has launched a program in which "jump-out" squads of as many as 18 cops burst from an unmarked van in poor neighborhoods and search people for drugs and weapons. Even if no contraband is found, police snap a photo of the person for their records. Police say they arrested 83 percent of the first 658 people detained. It's the other 17 percent that most concern critics, who cite a 1968 Supreme Court r...