
Donald Trump is right about the need for police to be
able to "stop-and-frisk" crime suspects — and NBC's Lester Holt, the
presidential debate moderator who dubbed the practice as
unconstitutional, should apologize to him, former New York City Mayor
Rudy Giuliani says.
"One of the strategies that helped bring about an 85 percent
reduction in crime in New York City between 1994 and 2013 was the
careful and appropriate use of 'stop-and-frisk,'" Giuliani writes in an
opinion piece in Wednesday's
Wall Street Journal.
"But according to candidate Hillary Clinton and moderator Lester Holt
during Monday night's presidential debate, stop-and-frisk is
'unconstitutional.' They are wrong.
"In Mrs. Clinton's case, it's the usual misrepresenting she does when
she does not know what she is talking about. As for Mr. Holt, if a
moderator is going to interfere, he should do some homework and not
pretend to know the law when he does not. Mr. Holt and NBC cannot
overrule the U.S. Supreme Court."
Giuliani points to an 8-1 U.S. Supreme Court decision in 1968 which approved the constitutionality of the practice.
"Lester Holt should apologize for interfering and trying so hard to
help Mrs. Clinton support her incorrect statement that 'stop-and-frisk'
is unconstitutional," Giuliani wrote.