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El Kabong
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Kirkland Laing
Originally Posted by
El Kabong
As for their findings about race related stops and arrests, the African-American community is the majority in Ferguson at 67% of the total population: meanwhile they make up 85% of the stops, 90% of the citations, 93% of the arrests. I don't know if the DOJ has looked around America in a while, but the African-American community is 30% of the population in the US and 60% of the population in prison so the numbers to me don't look terribly far off from the national average
Despite the fact that white people in those stats are far more likely than black people to be caught with/doing something illegal. That's one of the reasons why people are so upset.
Nationwide yes, in Ferguson alone no, it's mathematically impossible.
Using Michael Brown as a poster child of "this is WHY we're mad" is pretty dumb because various evidence has shown that Darren Wilson was within his rights to shoot Michael Brown as Officer Wilson was assaulted just for trying to do his job.
No I'm not a huge fan of cops nor of cops killing civilians, but there are some cases where I'm sure even the most bleeding heart liberal is thinking "That crook got what was coming to him". If you physically assault a policeman, you're going to get dealt with one way or another. Whether you're knocked out with a punch, sprayed with mace, or shot you WILL beat dealt with.
Between October 2012 and October 2014, the Ferguson, Mo., police department reported making 11, 610 vehicle stops, according to a U.S. Justice Department report released Wednesday.
Of those traffic stops, African Americans accounted for 85 %, or 9,875 , of those stops despite making up only 67% of Ferguson’s population. On the other hand, white individuals made up 15 %, or 1,735, of the stops during the same one-year period despite representing 29% of the population, according to the DOJ’s report titled “Investigation of the Ferguson Police Department.”
The 102-page report noted that when a Ferguson cop stop African-American drivers, they are more likely to receive citations and to be subjected to searches of their vehicles.
“Black people are significantly more likely to be searched during a traffic stop than whites people. From October 2012 to October 2014, 11% of stopped black drivers are searched, whereas only 5% of stopped white driver were searched,” DOJ reported.
Although African Americans were searched at higher rates, they are 26% less likely to have contraband found on them than whites: 24 % of searches of African Americans resulted in contraband finding, whereas 30 % of searches of whites resulted in contraband findings.
The DOJ reported that 91 %, or 8,987, of stopped black drivers received traffic citations compared to 87 % , or 1,501, of all stopped white drivers.
The study noted that 891 of stopped black drivers—10% of all African-American drivers—were arrested as a result of the stop, whereas only 63 stopped white drivers—4% of all white drivers—were arrested.
In Ferguson, Black Drivers Account for 85% of Traffic Stops
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