bias in policing
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Walking While Black: Community Calls for Jacksonville, Fla., Sheriff to Suspend Racially Biased Pedestrian Ticketing
There’s driving while black, shopping while black and flying while black. But WTF is walking while black? It’s apparently a thing in Jacksonville, Fla., where the local NAACP and several government officials have called for the Sheriff’s Office to suspend all pedestrian ticket writing because of racial bias. Civil rights leaders, including the representatives of…