Neil Gaiman

I was one those kids who had books on them. Before weddings, Bar Mitzvahs, funerals and anything else where you're actually meant to not be reading, my family would frisk me and take the book away. If they didn't find it by this point in the procedure, I would be sitting over in that corner completely unnoticed just reading my book.

British Author

Henry Rollins

When a young non-white male is stopped and searched at the whim of a police officer, his idea of personal space, privacy and self esteem are shattered, to say nothing of his Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment protections. The damage goes deep quickly and stays. Stop & frisk, as well as a tactic, is also an incitement.

American Musician

Patrisse Cullors

I grew up in a neighborhood that was heavily policed. I witnessed my brothers and my siblings continuously stopped and frisked by law enforcement. I remember my home being raided. And one of my questions as a child was, why? Why us? Black Lives Matter offers answers to the why.

American Activist

Lukas Forchhammer

When you get frisked by the police at the age of 10, and they empty your schoolbag out in the street and kick your books around and calling you names because of where you live, you just get an anger towards everyone who is outside of your neighborhood.

Danish Musician

David Lammy

Like many black men growing up in London, I have been stopped and searched by several policemen. I was 12 years old when I was first groped and frisked by police for walking down the road. It terrified me so much I wet myself.

British Politician

Jessica Williams

You don't have to be African American to really enjoy 'Frisky Business'. But as far as being black, a lot of people in New York have been stopped and frisked, so that hits home for them.

American Comedian

Forest Whitaker

I've had many incidents in my life of racism. I've been thrown on the ground. I've been frisked. I've been arrested so many times I couldn't tell you. I have no need to talk about it.

American Actor

Saba Qamar

We boast about Pakistan. We say Pakistan is this and that. But when you go out of the country and the way we are checked, I can't tell you. I feel so humiliated the way I am frisked.

Pakistani Actress

Sal Albanese

The most divisive issue facing New Yorkers in 2013 is stop and frisk, a tactic used by law enforcement to stop, question, and frisk people suspected of a crime.

American Politician

Chesa Boudin

Stop and frisk - whether done while walking down the street or while driving a car - is a civil rights violation.

American Lawyer

Used when police or security officials search someone they suspect of having contraband.

Law Enforcement

'Frisk' implies the person being searched may not be willing but is compelled to comply.

Possible Coercion

A frisk is generally a quick, surface-level search, not thorough or invasive.

Brief Procedure

Describes light-hearted, often energetic and carefree movements.

Playful Movement

Conveys a sense of joy and liveliness in the action.

Liveliness Emphasized

Often used to describe actions in open, natural settings.

Outdoor Setting

Sometimes required by regulations, especially in security-sensitive areas.

Mandatory Procedure

A 'frisk' as a noun signifies a swift search, not a long inspection.

Quick Inspection

Performed with hands, without the aid of tools or devices.

No Tools Used

 our way and I got these free things because of how I look not Who I am and there are people paying a cost for how they look and not who they are I live in New York and last year of the 140,000 teenagers that were stopped and frisked

Looks aren't everything....

 continuously stopped and frisked by law enforcement. I remember my home being raided. And one of my questions as a child was, why? Why us? Black Lives Matter offers answers to the why.

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 Dave stays inside to explain the situation to the fugitives elderly mother while Rob frisks Donald outside