Arrested For Being Black: Racism In America’s Justice System | AJ+

A year after Mike Brown was killed, the Ferguson report was released. It found that Black residents were far more likely than white to be arrested and charged for minor traffic violations and petty citations. Five years later, organizers are continuing to push for change.
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The data used by the report was collected by the Ferguson Police Department from 2012 to 2014. Read it here: https://www.justice.gov/sites/....default/files/opa/pr

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