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To: FreeInWV

So what are you saying...the jails and prisons are full of innocent black citizens who were caught jaywalking, riding their bikes on the sidewalk, etc.? Can you provide some statistics about how many black males in prison today are there for some of those offenses you listed?


18 posted on 05/09/2015 11:00:53 AM PDT by driftless2
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To: driftless2

I specifically did not mention race. You did.

As for statistics:

“A Daily News analysis shows the seven offenses that would be sent to one of the city’s administrative civil courts under the Mark-Viverito plan account for roughly 2.7 million, or 42%, of the summonses issued by the NYPD between 2001 and June 2014. They also account for more than 510,000 open arrest warrants, according to the analysis of data provided by the state Office of Court Administration.

The seven offenses under consideration are public consumption of alcohol, public urination, bicycling on the sidewalk, being in a park after dark, failure to obey a park sign, littering and unreasonable noise. “

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/city-council-decriminalize-host-offenses-article-1.2190943

http://www.gothamgazette.com/index.php/government/5497-city-council-power-over-broken-windows-policing


19 posted on 05/09/2015 9:50:19 PM PDT by FreeInWV (Have you had enough change yet?)
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