Stop and Frisk, but in a Pandemic: Data Confirms Black New Yorkers Targeted for Social Distancing Violations at Higher Rates
After a series of violent arrest videos went viral this week, the NYPD finally released citywide data on social distancing arrests on Thursday night.
“Police officers made at least 120 arrests and issued nearly 500 summonses for social-distancing violations between March 16 and May 5,” the New York Times reports. “Citywide, black people make up 68 percent of those arrested on charges of violating social-distancing rules, while Hispanic people make up 24 percent.”
As was reported earlier by WCBS, just 7 percent of those arrested for poor social distancing practices were white.
More detail on the violations was released Friday afternoon. Out of 374 social distancing summons specifically citing health code violations and Mayor Bill de Blasio’s executive order, 304 were given to black and Latinx people. The data was released by the NYPD.
Blacks are not treated equal in this country.
Racist white men control law enforcement and the judicial system in every state in the union.
Time to repeal and replace the justice system.