Meanwhile, some young Black men who are most likely to be targeted by the practice are terrified that stops will escalate to police brutality. Many older, Black Philadelphians say they feel unsafe in their neighborhoods, and they’re calling for stop and frisk as a way to restore a sense of lawfulness.
We examine how Philadelphians feel about gun violence in their neighborhoods and what they think about revisiting stop and frisk as a solution. Some council members voiced support, while others called it a desperate attempt to resurrect a failed policy. “Stop and frisk” reemerged in public conversations in July 2022, when city council president Darrell Clarke surfaced the idea days after a Fourth of July shooting on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Read about the podcast’s five episodes below. Yvonne Latty, director of the Logan Center, and Sammy Caiola, WHYY’s gun violence prevention reporter, reported throughout the city and spoke with residents, politicians, law enforcement officers, and legal experts about stop and frisk’s fraught history and how politicians and community leaders got to the point of considering it again. That’s why WHYY News and Temple University’s Logan Center for Urban Investigative Reporting are collaborating on “Stop and Frisk: Revisit or Resist,” a new podcast about the search for solutions to Philadelphia’s rising gun violence. “When are we going to look at stop and frisk in a constitutionally enacted way?” he said. City council president Darrell Clarke floated the idea at a July city council meeting about the gun violence crisis.’ So much so that some are asking whether “stop and frisk,” a controversial policing practice with a history of hassling and harming Black men, could restore a long-lost sense of safety. The number of shootings continues to climb, and residents want action. Most of the killings were concentrated on 57 blocks in largely Black and historically-redlined areas of North and West Philly. Getting guns off the streets is one of the changes Philadelphians have been pleading for since the city’s staggering spike in fatal shootings between 20. Since 2015, roughly 80% of shooting victims and shooting-related arrests have been Black men, mostly ages 18-35.
The report underscores the problem as a “racial justice crisis” that disproportionately impacts Black communities in terms of victims and offenders. Released earlier this year, the 100 Shooting Review Committee report was part of a multi-agency effort to address increasing homicides and gun violence.
“I’m 59 now, they’re not making it to 29. “We need our kids to grow old,” said organizer Rowena Faulk. The marchers were mothers, fathers, coaches, teachers, and pastors – many of whom have experienced the ripple of trauma that follows the fatal shooting of a child. The Million Kid March is just one of the many grassroots anti-gun violence events that happen regularly across Philadelphia. “We marchin’ cause we need to get rid of these guns …These kids are out here just killin’ each other.” “We’ve gotta get our streets back,” Glover said as she walked her young grandchildren through the crowd. WHYY thanks our sponsors - become a WHYY sponsor
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