This article examines the NYPD’s stops, this articles claims that minorities are stopped more often then whites. In regards to stops blacks and hispanics represented 51% and 33% of the stops although representing only 26% and 24% of the New York City population. In comparison to the number of arrests of each group in the previous year (used as a proxy for the rate of criminal behavior), blacks were stopped 23% and hispanics 39% more often than whites (pg.18).” The way in which the data was collected was by the authors “using hierarchical multilevel models to adjust for precinct-level variability, thus directly addressing the question of geographic heterogeneity that arises in the analysis of pedestrian stops (pg.1).” Even with the data that they collected they determined that
‘African and Hispanic descent were stopped more frequently than whites.” Having these findings presented, the question is why are minorities being stopped more frequently than whites. To answer this question we must understand that people have biases, and have subconscious biases. With members in law enforcement being human, they also suffer …show more content…
These concerns focused on the extent to which police were stopping people on the highways for “driving while black. Additional concerns were raised about racial bias in pedestrian stops of citizens by police predicated on “zero tolerance” policies to control quality-of-life crimes and aggressive policing strategies concentrated in minority communities that targeted illegal gun possession and drug trafficking.” Due to members in society noticing the way in which the police have been treating minorities, this then lead to their being trust issues between members in society and those in law