tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post3239618071262321633..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: For journalists: How to read a Texas racial profiling report, or, a case study demonstrating discrimination through police search patterns in AmarilloGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-74785365075849828192021-03-14T07:13:05.958-05:002021-03-14T07:13:05.958-05:00That's a missing element. We know how many con...That's a missing element. We know how many consent searches are performed, but NOT how many are declined. And of course some of those who say no are arrested and their vehicles searched anyway, like Dillon Puente in Keller, TX.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-7375649007320206572021-03-13T13:15:19.242-06:002021-03-13T13:15:19.242-06:00Is there data for how often officers ask for conse...Is there data for how often officers ask for consent and are told no? I feel that could be another data point to support or counter the theory of racial disparities in Amarillo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-83266145880361326962021-03-13T10:23:02.910-06:002021-03-13T10:23:02.910-06:00Good job, I hadn't seen that. The search/arres...Good job, I hadn't seen that. The search/arrest/contraband data are really underutilized, and the 90% consent search rate you found is BONKERS! Need more of this.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-68472956047758870982021-03-13T07:28:20.919-06:002021-03-13T07:28:20.919-06:00From El Paso last year:
https://elpasomatters.org...From El Paso last year:<br /><br />https://elpasomatters.org/2020/07/12/el-paso-police-say-they-dont-have-a-racial-profiling-problem-their-own-data-may-indicate-otherwise/<br /><br />As a result of this journalism, the city of El Paso's police racial justice reform plan, devised in the wake of George Floyd protests, calls for an independent study by a third party to review the police department's racial profiling reports and stats. Debbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04916028989871849799noreply@blogger.com