Paul J. Larkin Jr. is a senior legal-research fellow at the Heritage Foundation, a former assistant to the solicitor general at the U.S. Justice Department, and a former special agent with the Environmental Protection Agency’s criminal-investigations division.
A ban on this effective crime-fighting technique would only make life worse for low-income African Americans. This post is part of a debate series on “Is Stop and Frisk Worth It?," an article featured in the current issue of The Atlantic magazine.