How do you feel about a recent (Feb 2018) study by the ACLU that claims that minorities are disproportionately targeted by law enforcement officers?
Abrams found that Black and Latino people are more likely than white people to be subject to traffic stops across Milwaukee, including in areas in which the residential population is predominantly white. He discovered that even after controlling for non-racial factors — including crime rates — traffic and pedestrian stop rates in Milwaukee are both more than six times higher for Black people than for white people. He also found that Milwaukee’s rate of drug or weapon discovery from searches during traffic stops is extremely low — occurring in less than 1 percent of such stops — and that Black people are far more likely to be subjected to such searches. (That analysis also controlled for explanations other than race and ethnicity.)
Source: New Data Reveals Milwaukee Police Stops Are About Race and Ethnicity
HI HI, thanks for the reply. It is appreciated. Here is my take.
While the numbers for Blacks and Latinos be higher on a percentage basis, this does not mean Blacks and Latinos are targeted. There are many other variables that influence why an officer will pull someone over.
However, I will agree that all of us have biases and we do act on our biases. Even Black and Latino officers will pull over Blacks and Latinos at a higher rate than whites.
We also have to look at the actual crime rates for the respective groups. The crime rates are higher for Blacks and Latinos than whites.