Study Suggests Black American's Unfairly Fined by Police

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WHEN a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri shot an unarmed black teenager dead three years ago, the killing set off outrage across America over violence committed by police. (Barack Obama’s Department of Justice concluded that the officer acted in self-defence.) But with greater public scrutiny of racial disparities in the use of force, better-disguised forms of inequality soon came to light as well. In March 2015 the department published a report on law enforcement in the city, which found that Ferguson’s criminal-justice system seemed to focus more on generating income for the government than on ensuring public safety. Nearly a quarter of the city’s general revenues came from criminal fines, fees and court costs. Moreover, black residents paid a far greater portion of these expenses than either their share of the population or their share of total crimes committed in Ferguson would indicate. The investigators concluded that the police had displayed “unlawful bias” against blacks.

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A new paper by Michael Sances of the University of Memphis and Hye Young You of Vanderbilt University published this month in the Journal of Politics found that Ferguson was indeed more of a rule than an exception. After examining data on 9,000 American cities, they found that those with more black residents consistently collected unusually high amounts of fines and fees—even after controlling for differences in income, education and crime levels. Cities with the largest shares (98%) of black residents collected an average of $12-$19 more per person than those with the smallest (0%) did.

 

However, there was one subgroup of cities that bucked the trend: the relationship between race and fines was only half as strong in places whose city councils included at least one black member. This may be because black politicians are likelier than white ones are to respond to complaints from black constituents. Black councillors might also intervene to stop certain policies, like increasing court fees, from going into effect to begin with.

Full Article: https://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2017/07/daily-chart-18

 

[danwasd 2,444]

[DaftFameMonster 2,527]

We been knew. Oh well  

[LetsGetHigh 52,683]

we didn't need a study for that

[ItsTommyBitch 12,640]

It's nice when evidence points out what everyone already knew; though people will still deny it or make excuses  

[Juvi 1,639]

Suggests? Really b!tch...... really?

It's happening right IN FRONT OF OUT FVCKING FACES!!!

 

 

suggest my azz ugly azz motherfvckers! 

some things are crystal clear and be taken seriously and not just say we "suggest"...........

[EmeraldHeart 335]

30 minutes ago, LetsGetHigh said:

we didn't need a study for that

Well we do, clearly black voices aren't enough. We can march the streets in thousands in protest and still people will claim that we are being 'divisive' and that nothing is wrong.