NYPD's Ray Kelly is not backing down on stop-and-frisk

The potential candidate for Homeland Security chief says the controversial policy is "guilty of saving 7,383 lives"

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On Friday, President Obama gave a powerful, emotional briefing in which he criticized racial profiling. Less than a week later, the man Obama is reportedly considering as the new chief of Homeland Security vehemently defended NYPD's stop-and-frisk program.

In an editorial in The Wall Street Journal titled, "The NYPD: Guilty of Saving 7,383 Lives," New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly claimed that the NYPD's "proactive policing strategies" had saved 7,383 lives during Mayor Michael Bloomberg's 11 years in office, mostly those of "young men of color."

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Keith Wagstaff is a staff writer at TheWeek.com covering politics and current events. He has previously written for such publications as TIME, Details, VICE, and the Village Voice.