"The stark racial disparities reflected in the initial release of NYPD social distancing enforcement data confirms what we already knew about police officers brutalizing Black New Yorkers and other New Yorkers of color during the COVID-19 pandemic," Colon added.In the six weeks since March 17, police officers in Brooklyn have arrested 40 people for violating social-distancing rules.49.5% of Brooklyn residentsThat means that 39 out of 40 — or 97.
"We did an analysis because that's an issue we're concerned about," a spokesperson for Gonzalez told Business Insider, noting that there is no discrete category for social-distancing enforcement, which could make it harder to track. "The enforcement should consist of giving masks and sanitizer and so forth. That should be the way this issue is being enforced," the spokesperson added.
After Gonzalez's office released the data, Mayor Bill de Blasio said the city's discriminatory policing practices would end.de Blasio tweetedThe district attorney offices of the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island did not immediately respond to Business Insider's requests for comment.
What a vague statement intended to create havoc. What does one have to do with the other? Sounds like an LSAT logical reasoning? In other words ridiculous.
'people of color' are disproportionately affected by covid-19 because they don't follow social distancing guidelines. Hence, they are disproportionately arrested when ignoring such guidelines. Their selfishness is matched only by their stupidity.
No really? Racial profiling at the New York police?
It can only mean one thing: white people are very respectful of social distancing.
Minorities probably are the least able to shelter. No savings. Little money otherwise.
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