SOC 3750 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Rodney King, Toronto Police Service, Black Canadians
30 Nov 2015
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After rodney king and la riots they did change the way they policed in la, but this didn"t. With american people after ferguson asked them if they thought race was a factor. Most white americans thought race was not a factor, while black americans felt race. Statistics (inquiry) to see if african americans were being teated unjustly in ferguson. There was a public inquiry into what happened - both what happened to michael brown and. 80%+ vehicle stops were against african americans. Use of police dogs exclusively against african americans. 90% of stops and arrests for manner of walking in roadway were against african. Found emails between police of cers telling them to go after african americans because. !statistics (inquiry) they needed to double their budget for next year. Ex. one man identi ed himself as mike and was ned for using a fake name (his name was michael. Brought up more questions about policing around america.
