A case from our neighbors in Massachusetts shows the critical importance of comprehensive racial profiling data and the impact that it can have on the law.

 

Citing Boston police data and a 2014 report by the ACLU of Massachusetts that found blacks were disproportionately stopped by the city's police, the state’s highest court on Tuesday threw out the…conviction….

 

http://www.wbur.org/news/2016/09/20/mass-high-court-black-men-may-have-legitimate-reason-to-flee-police

 

 

 

Leon Smith, Esq.
Director, Racial Justice Project

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