Racial Profiling in New York City The following excerpt is from the Racial Profiling

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Racial Profiling in New York City The following excerpt is from the Racial Profiling Data Collection Resource Center (www.racialprofilinganalysis.neu.edu/). In 2006, the New York City Police Department stopped a halfmillion pedestrians for suspected criminal involvement. Raw statistics for these encounters suggest large racial disparities 89 percent of the stops involved nonwhites. Do these statistics point to racial bias in police officers decisions to stop particular pedestrians? Do they indicate that officers are particularly intrusive when stopping nonwhites? Write a report that answers the questions posed using the fact that 44% of New York City residents were classified as white in 2006. In your report, cite some shortcomings in using the proportion of white residents in the city to formulate likelihoods.