"Stop and Frisk Saves Lives!" - This message brought to you by the Philadelphia Department of Fear
This is the second poster in a series of propaganda posters made for The Department of Trepidation, an organization dedicated to helping and informing the public of what their government is up to.
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The Department of TrepidationNOW BEFORE YOU GET MAD, READ THIS: I actually don't agree entirely with this. In fact, I hate the policy on a whole. I don't believe its a racist concept, but I believe that the way it has been implemented does show a bias against the poor. I've never been stopped or frisked myself, and trust me I fit the description of what some people think would.
This is a poster to make people think and ask themselves about the policy, so please, spread the message and start the debate; are we really OK with our local governments enforcing a policy that makes it legal to randomly stop and search people without reason?
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The Taliban has announced a ban on polio vaccines for children for as long as the United States continues its campaign of drone strikes in the region. Pakistan is only one of the three countries in the world that have yet to eradicate polio.
President Obama has announced that government will no longer deport some young undocumented immigrants, which has increased enthusiasm for the president in 49% of Latino voters in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Nevada and Virginia.
The problem is that various cities have implemented, from my hometown of Philadelphia to New York City. The implementation wasn't made possible by people voting for it, just the few in actual power who are meant to represent us.
Hope I answered your question.