Kumar, Former Obama Aide, Defends Stop-And-Frisk

 Kal Penn, the Indian-American star of Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle and two-time aide to President Obama (seriously), is getting denounced for tweeting support for Mayor Bloomberg's stop-and-frisk policy. The movie star called out "activist judges" and defended his anti-crime position by citing his being robbed at gunpoint in Washington's Du Pont Circle in 2010:

@CWmsWrites lol well already been a victim of violent crime. It's a sound policy and we need to stop trying to get rid of it

— Kal Penn (@kalpenn) August 13, 2013

The Atlantic writer scoffs at this erstwhile liberal hero:

But as Penn's tweets suggest, stop-and-frisk needn't be legal or sound to work as a placebo for worried city dwellers.

A couple of observations:

• Crime victims are the least recognized identity / interest group around. You are allowed to laugh at their victimization because they are mostly just