Portrait of an imbecile....
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 ...
Yes, traffic cameras are racist. So let’s get rid of them!
Even machines and inanimate objects respect white privilege. Amazing.
Portrait of an imbecile....
Doubt they are racist (although what isn't any more) but any thing to give us a bit more privacy is a good thing.
“A study showing they reduced accidents”. Mark me down as skeptical. What percentage of people in academia are willing to conduct an honest study?
At some point, they might even figure out that black people commit more crimes than white people. Just a fact. A very obvious fact.
Programmed to send more tickets ti ‘bipocs’? 😱😳
“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
I like to stay current when comes to my racism.
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.”
The race racket’s goal now seems to be to exempt black folks from the laws the rest of us have to follow.
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.
Once again, no mention of yellow people.
And they are ALWAYS “under the radar”. So yes, should be zero tickets in those “communities”.
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.
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.
If everyone would start sneering as they utter “BIPOC” the word would be anathematized and disappear from MSM.
Right.
That was The Plan, all along.
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.
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