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actually, after reading the article more carefully, it does not state whether the drop in crime is due to increase in stopping riders.
so the question should be changed to... how do you feel about racial profiling if statistics justify/support it?
The NYPD is far more likely to stop and question black and Latino subway riders than white commuters...
Blacks and Hispanics make up 49% of subway riders, yet account for nearly 90% of the citizens stopped and questioned in the subways in the last two years.
Whites make up 35.5% of subway ridership, yet they account for a mere 7.9% of the subway riders stopped in the last two years, records show.
The department says more blacks and Latinos are stopped because 93% of violent crime suspects in the city were described by witnesses as black or Hispanic.
This occurred as the crime rate in the subway continued its drop. The average number of crimes per day in the subways fell from nine to six, while grand larcenies - the most common crime underground - slipped from 1,910 to 1,346.
actually, after reading the article more carefully, it does not state whether the drop in crime is due to increase in stopping riders.
so the question should be changed to... how do you feel about racial profiling if statistics justify/support it?