<p>I’m confused OP. While I’m making the case that it’s a debunked policy, you were making the case that that was irrelevant to whether or not he should have been invited and allowed to speak. If you think fringe views don’t deserve a venue but Kelly does, then you’re views about how to handle inappropriate discussion are no different than the protestors - you just sit at a different point on the spectrum of what constitutes “not fringe”.</p>
<p>Also, only 36% of NYC voters support stop and frisk (<a href=“https://maristpoll.marist.edu/tag/stop-and-frisk/[/url]”>https://maristpoll.marist.edu/tag/stop-and-frisk/</a>) and most evidence out there supports its failing, not success. ([Stop</a> And Frisk Facts | New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) - American Civil Liberties Union of New York State](<a href=“http://www.nyclu.org/node/1598]Stop”>Legislative Memo: Aggressive Begging | New York Civil Liberties Union | ACLU of New York)) Most of the people who think it’s a good idea think it’s a good idea not because it’s so effective but because the suffering it causes is “worth it” for the very, very, very, minor benefit it might produce or that the profiling is in fact not racially motivated and it just so happens that blacks and hispanics are genuinely more likely to be worthy of the stops.</p>
<p>The only pro-active techniques I know of that have worked are increased police presence (totally fine) and greater enforcement of misdemeanor crimes (also ok since you’re targeting people who have actually committed a crime). This is the heralded Giuliani “broken window” approach ([What</a> Reduced Crime in New York City](<a href=“http://www.nber.org/digest/jan03/w9061.html]What”>What Reduced Crime in New York City | NBER)) which caused the massive decline that precedes the major stop and frisk uptick.</p>
<p>I do agree with you though that what happened in the auditorium does more harm than good, but as I said above, I have no qualms with people protesting in the hopes of getting the event voluntarily canceled by the organizers nor do I believe Brown had an obligation to bring Kelly to campus for a solo talk. Freedom of speech does not mean freedom from criticism or the freedom to speak in any venue. Obscenity laws are really the only time actual freedom of speech is in danger (<a href=“http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/porn/prosecuting/overview.html[/url]”>http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/porn/prosecuting/overview.html</a>)</p>