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Data shows Black drivers in the Houston area accounted for about 34% of stops, despite the fact that about 20% of Harris County's population is Black, according to census data.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/police/2024/04/01/481997/black-drivers-were-pulled-over-and-searched-at-higher-rates-last-year-in-the-houston-area-new-data-shows/

#Crime #CriminalJustice #LawEnforcement #News #Police #HarrisCountySheriffSOffice #HoustonPolice #Hpd #RacialDisparity #TrafficStop

Data shows Black drivers in the Houston area accounted for about 34% of stops, despite the fact that about 20% of Harris County's population is Black, according to census data.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/police/2024/04/01/481997/black-drivers-were-pulled-over-and-searched-at-higher-rates-last-year-in-the-houston-area-new-data-shows/

#Crime #CriminalJustice #LawEnforcement #News #Police #HarrisCountySheriffSOffice #HoustonPolice #Hpd #RacialDisparity #TrafficStop

Living in an area with high police presence increases the odds of a premature birth for both Black and white residents. Greater police presence in Black vs white neighborhoods may contribute to the persistent Black-White preterm birth disparity.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34878551

#NICHDimpact #Prematurity #PrematureBirth #Race #RacialDisparity #PretermBirth #Neighborhoods #PolicePresence #NeighborhoodPolicing

Grim new analyses spotlight just how hard US is failing in pandemic - Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty Images)
A grim series of articles published today in the J... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1713533 #communitiesofcolor #racialdisparity #excessdeaths #mentalhealth #publichealth #coronavirus #deathrates #sars-cov-2 #mortality #pandemic #science