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NY social distancing arrests by race: 35 black, 4 Hispanic, 1 white
https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-coronavirus-brooklyn-race-breakdown-social-distancing-arrests-20200508-tjdpe2pubrf5vhickiqwefgeqa-story.htmlBlacks predominate in the NYPD’s enforcement of social distancing violations in Brooklyn, according to data released by District Attorney Eric Gonzalez on Thursday.
Between March 17 and May 4, the NYPD made 40 social distancing arrests in Brooklyn — and 35 of them were of black suspects, Gonzalez’s analysis showed. Four were Hispanic, while just one was white.
The data comes as police critics compared the city’s social distancing policies to stop-and-frisk arrests during former Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s administration. They accuse the NYPD of focusing on poor and minority neighborhoods.
Sixteen of the arrests — 40% of the total — were in the 73rd Precinct, which covers the Brownsville. Five people were arrested in East New York’s 75th Precinct, and another five took place in Bedford-Stuyvesant’s 79th Precinct.