What is the effect of towing a car in high crime areas?
"New York", United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Velez, 109 Misc.2d 853, 441 N.Y.S.2d 176 (N.Y. City Ct. 1981):
The fact that the towing took place in a high crime area, at 12:10 P.M., can give rise to only the slightest suspicion of criminality. (People v. Jones, supra).
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