Thursday, March 05, 2015

Ferguson preys viciously on black residents

"As the report noted, from 2012 to 2014 African Americans accounted for “85 percent of vehicle stops, 90 percent of citations, and 93 percent of arrests made by FPD officers, despite comprising only 67 percent of Ferguson’s population.” Tickets mean money for the city–in 2013, municipal court fines were Ferguson’s second highest source, the bulk of which were leveled against African Americans." (thanks Amir)