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Racial bias evident in Philadelphia police stop and frisk practice: Report
It shows a third or more of stops and frisks in the first half of 2015 were made without reasonable suspicion.
A new report finds evidence of continued racial bias in the stop and frisk practices of Philadelphia police despite a 2011 federal consent decree calling for reforms.
The court-ordered report by civil rights lawyers was filed Tuesday in federal court.
It shows a third or more of stops and frisks by Philadelphia police in the first half of 2015 were made without reasonable suspicion.
African Americans were the subject of 69 percent of those stops and 57 percent of those frisks even though the population of Philadelphia is only 44 percent African American.
Additionally, the analysis found stops and frisks of African Americans are considerably less likely to turn up anything than those of whites.
Police Commissioner Richard Ross says the report shows the department has work to do.
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