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Date: April 29, 2024 Mon
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Results for racial profiling (boston)
1 results foundAuthor: American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Massachusetts Title: Black, Brown and Targeted: A Report on Boston Police Department Street Encounters from 2007-2010 Summary: The Boston Police Department (BPD) has used racially biased policing, as shown by data from reports of 200,000+ encounters between BPD officers and civilians from 2007-2010. According to researchers, the data show that police targeted Blacks in 63.3% of encounters- while Blacks make up less than a quarter of Boston's population. This racial disparity cannot be explained away by BPD efforts to target crime. The researchers' preliminary statistical analysis found that the racial composition of Boston neighborhoods drove police-civilian encounters even after controlling for crime rates and other factors. They also found that Blacks were more likely than whites to be subjected to repeat police-civilian encounters and to be frisked or searched, even after controlling for civilians' alleged gang involvement and history of prior arrest. The bottom line is that race was a significant factor driving the BPD's stop-and-frisk practices Details: Boston: ACLU, 2014. 21p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed October 15, 2014 at: https://www.aclum.org/sites/all/files/images/education/stopandfrisk/black_brown_and_targeted_online.pdf Year: 2014 Country: United States URL: https://www.aclum.org/sites/all/files/images/education/stopandfrisk/black_brown_and_targeted_online.pdf Shelf Number: 133958 Keywords: Police MisconductRacial Profiling (Boston)Racial Profiling in Law EnforcementStop-and-Frisk |