All about Policing with a sprinkle of Criminal Justice – written by a Secret Contrarian
Police Strategies LLC commissioned for a study on SPD relations with community around gender, age, and race.
— Read on my.spokanecity.org/police/news/2021/03/03/police-strategies-llc-report-on-spd-police-interaction/
Read this interesting article from a local news reporter. https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2021/mar/14/shawn-vestal-latest-police-bias-study-full-of-data/
Subjective tests, private study groups, and “rabbis” are a few of the systematic ways Black cops struggled to get hired and get promoted in the Suffolk
— Read on www.wshu.org/post/black-police-officers-chosen-fail-suffolk-county
The Policing Project works to strengthen policing through democratic
governance.
— Read on www.policingproject.org/
Grits for Breakfast: Deep in the Weeds: Sandra-Bland data provides first-ever detail on scope of arrests, searches at Texas traffic stops
— Read on gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2021/02/deep-in-weeds-sandra-bland-data.html
Discover how the advent of the automobile brought new mobility and freedom for African Americans but also exposed them to discrimination and deadly violence, and how that history resonates today. The webpage can be found HERE. Availability my expire 11-10-2020.
A federal class-action lawsuit accuses New York police of unconstitutionally detaining people in order to run their IDs.
— Read on theintercept.com/2020/10/13/nypd-stop-frisk-warrants-lawsuit/
Abstract
We assessed racial disparities in policing in the United States by compiling and analysing a dataset detailing nearly 100 million traffic stops conducted across the country. We found that black drivers were less likely to be stopped after sunset, when a ‘veil of darkness’ masks one’s race, suggesting bias in stop decisions.
— Read on www.nature.com/articles/s41562-020-0858-1
A new report from the Ontario Human Rights Commission has found that Black people are more likely than others to be arrested, charged or have force used against them when interacting with Toronto police.
— Read on www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/black-people-human-right-commission-police-1.5680460
Criminalizing social-distancing violations threatens the very communities most vulnerable to the pandemic.
— Read on www.thenation.com/article/society/police-coronavirus/
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