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Racial Disparities Persist in Boston Police Interactions, Data Shows
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Racial disparities persist in Boston police interactions
April 22, 2021
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BOSTON (AP) Figures released by the Boston Police Department indicate that Black people were far more likely than white people to be the subject of street investigations by Boston police in 2020.
Black people were the subject of 62% of last year’s field interrogation and observations in the city, where they comprise less than a quarter of the population, The Boston Globe reported.
White people, who are 45% of the city s population, were the subject 30% of the time.
Boston Police issued a statement warning “against the use of simple benchmark comparisons of the racial distribution of Boston residents relative to the racial distribution of FIO subjects for purposes of determining racial disparities in BPD FIO practices.”
Boston police interactions known as FIOs decreased by 30 percent, but racial disparities persist
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Perpetual punishment? Study looks at how past criminal convictions affect housing, work chances
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A new study showed disproportionate levels of convictions for Black and Latinx people in New York City. (Cory Morse | MLive.com) Cory Morse
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. New research published by the Data Collaborative for Justice (DCJ) at John Jay College found substantial racial disparities in criminal convictions over the past four decades a finding that analysts say sheds light on the need for further conversations surrounding criminal justice reform.
While the study acknowledges that steps have been made to reduce the negative impact of the criminal justice system by shrinking the effect of disproportionate policing on Black and Latino communities, the researchers said that less attention has been paid to addressing how decades of higher enforcement rates lead to criminal records that can present hurdles for people attempting to get a jo