Posted on 01/13/2020 3:45:34 PM PST by karpov
The New York Attorney General is probing whether the NYPD has shown “racial biases” against people of color as it polices fare evasion.
The investigation was announced Monday just weeks after bombshell testimony from transit cops alleging racist quotas in the subway system and months after a judge ordered the department to publish its transit enforcement numbers — detailed data that still remains secret.
“We’ve all read the stories and seen the disturbing videos of men, women, and children being harassed, dragged away, and arrested by officers in our city’s subway system, which is why we are launching an investigation into this deeply troublesome conduct,” AG Letitia James said in announcing the push.
People of color accounted for almost 70 percent of summonses for fare evasion between October 2017 and June 2019 — and nearly 90 percent of arrests over the same time, NYPD data shows.
“That information, however, does not provide a complete picture of fare evasion enforcement within New York City’s transit system,” James wrote in a letter to Police Commissioner Dermot Shea requesting more detailed enforcement information to “fill in the gaps.”
The state investigators are asking for patrol numbers, policies, plans of coordination between department and MTA and detailed demographic data Oct. 7, 2017, to present on theft-of-service summonses broken out by station by age and race.
Last month, new court documents alleged much of that disparity was due to policing tactics that targeted people of color over “soft targets” such as white, Asain and Jewish people.
In a federal lawsuit filed by Sgt. Edreweene Raymond and three others, the current second-highest-ranking cop in the transit bureau, Constantin Tsachas, is accused of enforcing the tactics.
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Of course AG Leticia James will find racial biases.
I’m black. You owe me.
SF is going through the same crap. literally and figuratively.
...cue Jim Carrey...
“STOP BREAKING THE LAW, A*&HOLE!
There is a simple way to cut black crime rates: stop charging blacks with crimes.
Doesn't go far enough. We need affirmative action. Start charging whites for the crimes of blacks. This way crimes won't go unpunished.
Enemies all of them. if a white guy jumped the turnstile he would be arrested
And you ever notice that NY AGs never actually enforce state laws or look out for real victims? All they do is virtue-signal or go after Wall Street.
Racial quotas worked so well for hiring, let’s try it for arrest and prosecution! What could go wrong?
Very good point.
Frankly, she is within her rights as the duly elected AG to conduct this probe. This should not have been a surprise to anyone, based on her election platform. Elections have consequences - the way to fix this problem is to not elect such people in the first place.
You get what you vote for.....good and hard.
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