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Part 2 of a three-part series on NH crime data.
New Hampshire may soon join the growing number of states that keep a comprehensive record of how police interact with their communities, but leaders of the state’s law enforcement community have cited several obstacles to collecting and reporting better data.
State arrest data and incarceration rates already show Black and Hispanic people face disparity from the criminal justice system. On average, each group is arrested and incarcerated at higher rates than their relative populations.
Senate Bill 96, an omnibus bill, would implement a number of policy recommendations made by the state Commission on Law Enforcement Accountability, Community and Transparency last August. Portions of the bill would require law enforcement agencies to collect, analyze and publish race, ethnicity and gender data for all police stops, citations and arrests.
State crime data shows New Hampshire police disproportionately arrest people of color
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Some pushing back against police data collection bill
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Young Black activists continue to expand influence in NH politics
Activists say young people increasingly want to get involved Share Updated: 6:55 PM EST Feb 10, 2021
Activists say young people increasingly want to get involved Share Updated: 6:55 PM EST Feb 10, 2021
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Show Transcript HOUSE. ADAM: AFTER THE KILLING OF GEORGE FLOYD, NEW HAMPSHIRE JOINED IN THE NATIONAL CONVERSATION ABOUT RACE AND CONFRONTING ISSUES OF INEQUALITY. POWERFUL YOUNG GRANITE STATE VOICES EMERGED. THE ACTIVISM OF 2020 IS NOW BEING TRANSLATED INTO ACTION IN 2021. RYAN: I THINK THERE IS AN OVERWHELMING AWAKENING OF PEOPLE, YOUNG PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR, THAT JUST WANT TO GET INVOLVED AT SOME LEVEL TO HELP THEIR COMMUNITIES. . ADAM: LAST JUNE, RYAN TERRELL OF NASHUA FOUND HIMSELF AT THE EPICENTER OF A DEBATE ABOUT REPRESENTATION, WHEN THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL BLOCKED HIS NOMINATION TO THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION. EARLIER THIS MONTH, HE WAS RE-NOMINATED AND CONFIRME