New York City is the marijuana arrest capital of the world. WNYC reporter Ailsa Chang reports on how the high numbers of low-level drug arrests in New York City could be connected to the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk policies – and illegal searches. Plus: the legal implications of the indictment against the roommate of Rutgers student Tyler Clementi, who committed suicide after his encounter with a man in his dorm was video streamed over the Internet; and alleged human rights abuses in Gaza.
Stop-and-Frisk
One hundred and forty people are arrested for minor drug offenses every day in New York City. WNYC reporter Ailsa Chang reports on a WNYC investigation into whether the high rate of marijuana arrests could be connected to the City's stop-and-frisk policy - and to illegal searches by the police.
See a map below of Stop and Frisk arrests.
iTracking: Are You Worried?
News broke last week that Apple and Google phones are keeping a location-based log of your calls, texts, and movements. Are you worried? Or is this just the cost of living in the connected age? Let us know!
Rutgers Suicide Case
Daniel J. Solove, John Marshall Harlan Research Professor of Law at the George Washington University Law School, author of the forthcoming book, Nothing to Hide: The False Tradeoff Between Privacy and Security, and founder of TeachPrivacy, discusses the legal implications of the indictment against the 19-year-old Rutger’s student who allegedly broadcasted online an intimate encounter involving his roommate, Tyler Clementi. Clementi later committed suicide.
New Jersey School Board Elections
John Mooney, education writer and co-founder of NJSpotlight.com, discusses the elections occurring tomorrow in New Jersey and compares this years' elections with the same elections last year.
Human Rights and Israel
Curt Goering, Amnesty International's chief operating officer, and Stuart Robinowitz, counsel to the law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and was on the advisory committee of Helsinki Watch (which joined other organizations to become Human Rights Watch in 1989), who has led human rights fact-finding missions for HRW and the American Bar Association, discuss the Goldstone report and the debate about alleged human rights abuses in Gaza.
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The Next King of England?
Polls show most Britons would prefer that Prince Charles abdicate in favor of his about-to-be-married son, Prince William. John Burns, London bureau chief of the New York Times, explains what's at stake.