Word: pyrrhically
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...this victory is a pyrrhic if the costs are our constitutional rights and the racially-neutral law enforcement in America. Focusing on disorderly offenses has permitted and indeed invited over-zealous and discriminatory street policing of the kind that led to the Diallo tragedy and daily indignities. According to the state attorney general, blacks are stopped 2.1 times more often than whites in New York...
...even victory may have a price. "The Cuban-American leadership may not have factored in the negative impact of their actions on American public opinion. With polls reflecting that a majority of Americans favor returning Elian to Cuba, even winning the case may turn out to be a Pyrrhic victory for the Miami leadership...