Q&A
Examination of racial disparities in policing practices
1:49:11
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Council Member Cabán questions NYPD officials about racial disparities in policing, particularly focusing on stops and searches of Black individuals. The exchange becomes tense as Cabán presses for explanations of racial disparities in police data.
- NYPD officials strongly deny any intentional racial targeting in their practices.
- Cabán challenges the department to explain why data consistently shows Black people are subject to stop and frisk tactics more than any other race.
- The discussion highlights the ongoing concern about racial bias in policing and the department's struggle to address these persistent disparities.
Tiffany Cabán
1:49:11
Are community members living in NYCHA housing especially dangerous?
Michael Gerber
1:49:15
Excuse me?
Tiffany Cabán
1:49:16
Are community members living in NYCHA housing especially dangerous?
Michael Gerber
1:49:20
No.
Tiffany Cabán
1:49:21
Okay.
1:49:22
Does NYPD believe that by living in NYCHA housing, people waive their constitutional protection from unreasonable searches?
Michael Gerber
1:49:27
Absolutely not.
Tiffany Cabán
1:49:28
Okay.
1:49:29
Does NYPD believe being black in a low income neighborhood creates grounds for a reasonable search?
Michael Gerber
1:49:34
Absolutely not.
Tiffany Cabán
1:49:36
And does being black in any neighborhood create reasonable grounds to be searched?
Michael Gerber
1:49:41
The question is offensive and the answer is no.
Tiffany Cabán
1:49:44
Okay.
1:49:45
So if the question is offensive, why does your data consistently show that regardless of neighborhood, black people are subject to stop and frisk tactics more than any other race?
1:49:53
If it's offensive, why does the data back up the justification for what I'm asking?
Michael Gerber
1:49:59
You are suggesting that we are targeting people because of their race, and we are not
Tiffany Cabán
1:50:03
Well, what does the data say?
1:50:04
Disproportionately, black and brown people are being searched, are being stopped and searched.
Babe Howell
1:50:15
Are I
Jeffrey Maddrey
1:50:15
took a look at the data.
