Tag: arrest

ABC News: Blacks account for nearly half of all NYC arrests 6 years after end of stop-and-frisk: NYPD data

“There are other just as nefarious, just as racially-biased practices that have filled the void. Unless you’re really going to start at the roots of the problem, you’re going to end up in the same place,” said Ann Mathews, managing director of the criminal defense practice for The Bronx Defenders, a city public defenders office. […]

ConnectRadio.FM: Blacks comprise nearly half of all NYC arrests despite reforms: NYPD data

“While the good news is that if arrests are down by roughly half in New York, then that means that only half as many African Americans are being arrested as well as for other racial groups, too.”But Ann Mathews of The Bronx Defenders said that while she welcomes police reform efforts, “what is clear is […]