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, 15:07, August 27, 2013→Proportionality dispute: blacks are stopped twice as often (and whites one third as often)
==Proportionality dispute==
==Proportionality dispute==
Critics of the policy claim that since blacks are stopped twice as often as whites, the policy is an example of discriminatory [[racial profiling]]. That is the chief reason given by a judge in August 2013 before the city council voted to create an inspector general to oversee the program.
Critics of the policy claim that since blacks are stopped twice as often (and whites one third as often), the policy is discriminatory. That is the chief reason given by a judge in August 2013 before the city council voted to create an inspector general to oversee the program.
Supporters of the policy cite statistics like the following, which suggest instead that blacks are being stopped significantly less often than their crime rate warrants:
Supporters of the policy cite statistics like the following, which suggest instead that blacks are being stopped significantly less often than their crime rate warrants: