Amsterdam to experiment with stop-and-search after shootings

Amsterdam is implementing stop-and-search in the city on a trial basis, following a number of violent incidents this month. "We are going to implement this on a trial basis," mayor Femke Halsema said in a meeting of the General Affairs committee, AT5 reports. "And evaluate it per time. Initially for a month." The stop-and-search actions will be small-scale in specific "hotspots". Kids up to 12 years old, people over 65, and families will be excluded from the searches. Independent observers will be present to watch against discrimination. Submitted by Janene Pieters on Friday, 28 August 2020 - 08:56 https://nltimes.nl/2020/08/28/amsterdam-experiment-stop-search-shootings