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THE LATEST IN RACISM
Powerline ^ | JANUARY 15, 2022 | STEVEN HAYWARD

Posted on 01/15/2022 1:41:05 PM PST by Hojczyk

Guess what’s racist now? Yes, everything is racist, as we know, but specifically what new thing is racist? Traffic cameras.

ProPublica reports:

A ProPublica analysis found that traffic cameras in Chicago disproportionately ticket Black and Latino motorists. . . An analysis of millions of citations found that households in majority Black and Hispanic ZIP codes received tickets at around twice the rate of those in white areas between 2015 and 2019.

Those evil racist cameras. But wait—there’s more!

The coronavirus pandemic widened the ticketing disparities.

So COVID is racist, too?

It turns out that Chicago’s hapless Mayor Lori Lightweight was responsible for expanding this racist enforcement measure:

Lightfoot — who campaigned in part on ending what she called the city’s “addiction” to fines and fees — proposed that Chicago expand camera ticketing by lowering the speeds at which cameras will issue citations. Lightfoot called it a public safety measure, especially in light of a spike in traffic fatalities during the pandemic, but many observers called it a money grab. The City Council approved the measure as part of the 2021 annual budget.

And guess what—the program worked:

A summary of the University of Illinois/Chicago research provided to ProPublica last week confirmed the racial disparities in red-light and speed-camera ticketing and found that most of the speed cameras improve safety.

But it is a near certainty that the camera enforcement program will be curtailed, because equity.

(Excerpt) Read more at powerlineblog.com ...


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1 posted on 01/15/2022 1:41:05 PM PST by Hojczyk
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Yes, traffic cameras are racist. So let’s get rid of them!


2 posted on 01/15/2022 1:45:14 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: Hojczyk

Even machines and inanimate objects respect white privilege. Amazing.


3 posted on 01/15/2022 1:46:55 PM PST by Spok (Who is Ray Epps?)
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To: Hojczyk
Everything is racist, and I just learned from Dr. Jason Johnson, who is an associate professor of communication and journalism at HBCU Morgan State University, that the Republican party is now a "dime store front for a terrorist group".

Portrait of an imbecile....


4 posted on 01/15/2022 1:47:05 PM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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To: Fiji Hill
I am in favor of getting rid of traffic cameras.

Doubt they are racist (although what isn't any more) but any thing to give us a bit more privacy is a good thing.

5 posted on 01/15/2022 1:47:05 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (add a dab of lavender in milk, leave town with an orange and pretend you're laughing with it)
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To: Hojczyk

“A study showing they reduced accidents”. Mark me down as skeptical. What percentage of people in academia are willing to conduct an honest study?


6 posted on 01/15/2022 1:49:46 PM PST by alternatives? (The only reason to have an army is to defend your borders.)
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To: Hojczyk

At some point, they might even figure out that black people commit more crimes than white people. Just a fact. A very obvious fact.


7 posted on 01/15/2022 1:51:22 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (The experts are liars. The conspiracy theorists are the people who have figured out the Truth.)
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To: Hojczyk

Programmed to send more tickets ti ‘bipocs’? 😱😳


8 posted on 01/15/2022 1:54:00 PM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: Hojczyk

“A ProPublica analysis found that traffic cameras in Chicago disproportionately ticket Black and Latino motorists”

Is that because they tend to speed more than white folks?
Oh no. Traffic cameras can tell when a driver is a “person of color” and automatically flags them a speeders .... LOL


9 posted on 01/15/2022 1:59:48 PM PST by antidemoncrat (somRead more at: https://economicti Astronomers see white dwarf 'switch on and off' for first time)
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To: Hojczyk

I like to stay current when comes to my racism.


10 posted on 01/15/2022 2:21:12 PM PST by Leep (Freedom: "What's the big deal" -joe biden)
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To: Fiji Hill

You misunderstand. Blacks run red lights because they think they are being pursued by slave catchers. The legacy of slavery entitles them to violate the law - even when they are doing things that hurt their own “community.”


11 posted on 01/15/2022 2:50:07 PM PST by FirstFlaBn
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To: Hojczyk

The race racket’s goal now seems to be to exempt black folks from the laws the rest of us have to follow.


12 posted on 01/15/2022 2:52:20 PM PST by skeeter
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I work at a large east coast university/medical center….

We were recently informed, via a 3-page letter, that our purchasing procedures are racist. So there’s a new committee working on a 5-year plan to remedy the situation.

I am not making this up.


13 posted on 01/15/2022 2:54:30 PM PST by wny ( )
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To: Hojczyk

Once again, no mention of yellow people.

And they are ALWAYS “under the radar”. So yes, should be zero tickets in those “communities”.


14 posted on 01/15/2022 3:17:24 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMV)
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BTW I hate these Big Brother cameras.

Just as well if they are eliminated.

When that first started here someone burned one in the next town. I applauded.


15 posted on 01/15/2022 3:18:34 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMV)
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If you get a ticket from a red light camera in Tennessee, just ignore it. There is legally nothing they can do except try to scare you into paying it.


16 posted on 01/15/2022 3:32:24 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Do we value what the Founding Fathers gave us enough to fight for it?)
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To: rktman

If everyone would start sneering as they utter “BIPOC” the word would be anathematized and disappear from MSM.


17 posted on 01/15/2022 4:38:40 PM PST by arthurus ( covfefe I;)
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Right.


18 posted on 01/15/2022 4:47:43 PM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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That was The Plan, all along.


19 posted on 01/15/2022 5:58:44 PM PST by PhineasSpear (PhineasSpear)
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To: Hojczyk
A ProPublica analysis found that traffic cameras in Chicago disproportionately ticket Black and Latino motorists. . .

Is it just possible that those drivers commit more violations than whites do? A camera can't tell the color or national origin of any driver.

20 posted on 01/15/2022 10:18:01 PM PST by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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