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Racial demographics in the NYPD gang database
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Council Member Althea V. Stevens questions NYPD officials about the racial demographics of individuals in the gang database, particularly focusing on the high percentage of African Americans and people of color. The exchange highlights concerns about potential racial profiling and the relationship between arrest data and database inclusion.
- NYPD confirms that the majority of individuals in the database are people of color
- Discussion touches on the correlation between shooting arrest demographics and database representation
- Debate over whether the data reflects racial profiling or crime statistics
Althea V. Stevens
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Hello.
1:23:00
How are you guys doing?
1:23:01
Good afternoon.
Michael Gerber
1:23:02
Good afternoon.
Althea V. Stevens
1:23:04
I I mean, you guys have made it very clear that you guys don't like
Christopher Leon Johnson
1:23:07
my
Althea V. Stevens
1:23:07
bill, unfortunately.
1:23:10
But there was something that you even said in your testimony and even the public advocate just mentioned it because you said 96% of the individuals arrested for shooting were African American which is why it's reflective of the database which is why the the data is is more looking at African Americans specifically in the database.
1:23:30
That's why because that's where all the shootings are happening.
1:23:32
Correct?
Michael Gerber
1:23:33
No.
1:23:33
Actually, I said it's people of color.
1:23:35
It's not just African
Althea V. Stevens
1:23:36
But mostly because we know that the numbers are even skewed there.
1:23:39
But mostly.
1:23:40
Correct?
Robert F. Holden
1:23:41
Is
Althea V. Stevens
1:23:42
And African Americans, people of color, but it's mostly black and brown.
1:23:45
Correct?
Michael Gerber
1:23:46
In in the database?
1:23:46
Yes.
1:23:47
Yes.
1:23:47
That is correct.
Althea V. Stevens
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And most of the people are doing those those individuals are saying are doing the shootings.
1:23:51
Correct?
Yusef Salaam
1:23:51
Because you
Althea V. Stevens
1:23:52
said 96%.
Michael Gerber
1:23:53
Two separate things.
1:23:54
I I gave the data about the the racial demographics in the database.
Michael LiPetri
1:23:59
Mhmm.
Michael Gerber
1:24:00
Separately, I I gave data about the racial breakdown of people arrested for shootings and shooting victims in in New York City over the last several years.
Althea V. Stevens
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And and but you said it was, like, 96% because it's it's here
Michael Gerber
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in Yeah.
Althea V. Stevens
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Yes.
1:24:13
No.
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I I need
Michael Gerber
1:24:14
to say that.