Justice
Minneapolis Has Major Racial Disparities in Its Policing
A new ACLU report shows that arrests for low-level offenses in the city skew heavily toward blacks. Including arrests that don’t “fit any crime.”
If you plan on driving while black in Minneapolis, it might be best to do so at night when police can't make out your skin color.
Black drivers there are more than nine times more likely than whites to be arrested for driving violations like speeding and failing to use a turn signal at 2 p.m. during summer months; at 3 a.m., "when visibility is limited and officers are less likely able to identify the race of drivers before pulling them over," black drivers are only twice as likely as white drivers to be arrested.