Race Matters, a series by The Toronto Star, investigated why blacks are three times more likely than white to be stopped and questioned by police. “In each of the city’s 74 police patrol zones, the Star analysis shows that blacks were documented at significantly higher rates than their overall census population by zone, and that in many zones, the same holds true for “brown” people — mainly people of South Asian, Arab and West Asian backgrounds.” The Star was involved in a seven-year battle with the Toronto police to obtain the data used in this series.
Blacks three times more likely to be stopped in Toronto
Posted on February 9th, 2010
Posted in CAR, Census & Demographics, First Amendment & FOIA, Justice (courts/crime/law), Social issues 
