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How We Calculated the Risks of Walking While Black

by Kate Rabinowitz and Topher Sanders, ProPublica, and Benjamin Conarck, Florida Times-Union | Articles and Investigations - ProPublica | November 16th 2017

by Kate Rabinowitz and Topher Sanders, ProPublica, and Benjamin Conarck, Florida Times-Union

A Florida Times-Union/ProPublica analysis showed that law enforcement in Duval County, Florida, gives black people a higher proportion of pedestrian tickets than does any other large county in the state. Black pedestrians are nearly three times as likely to receive a ticket as nonblack pedestrians. Our analysis also showed that residents in the three poorest ZIP codes in Jacksonville (Duval County’s largest city) were nearly six times as likely to receive a ticket as were residents of the city’s 34 other ZIP codes.

We also found that the most common ticket type, “crossing the street while not in a crosswalk,” was issued in error more than half of the time.

The Jacksonville sheriff’s office contends that pedestrian tickets are ...

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How (Not) to Cross the Street in Jacksonville

How (Not) to Cross the Street in Jacksonville Source: ProPublica by Hilary Fung, Kate Rabinowitz, and Topher Sanders, ProPublica, and Benjamin Conarck, Florida Times-Union How (Not) to Cross the Street in Jacksonville

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How We Calculated the Risks of Walking While Black

How We Calculated the Risks of Walking While Black Source: ProPublica by Kate Rabinowitz and Topher Sanders, ProPublica, and Benjamin Conarck, Florida Times-Union A Florida Times-Union/ProPublica analysis showed that law enforcement in Duval County, Florida, gives black people a higher proportion of pedestrian tickets than does any other large county in the state. Black pedestrians are nearly…

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Walking While Black

Walking While Black Source: ProPublica by Topher Sanders and Kate Rabinowitz, ProPublica, and Benjamin Conarck, Florida Times-Union Walking While Black

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