Charlotte, N.C., officials have numbers from a new report showing Black and Hispanic drivers are far more likely to be stopped by police than white drivers, but they aren’t sure if racial bias is at play.
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Charlotte, N.C., officials have numbers from a new report showing Black and Hispanic drivers are far more likely to be stopped by police than white drivers, but they aren’t sure if racial bias is at play.
A new study found that not only are police killings undercounted by more than half, but Black men’s killings are mislabeled at higher rates than any other race. From 1980 to 2019, more than 55 percent of the 31,000 killings by cops were assigned other causes in federal death data.
Given all the turbulence and turmoil of the last two years, I, like many of you, have been yearning for the days of yore, when things weren’t so *gestures wildly* .
In the post-Janet Jackson/Justin Timberlake Super Bowl Halftime Show era, the NFL has gone to great lengths to produce family-friendly entertainment (while we refill our drinks and nachos) with varied results. But thanks in part to Blue Ivy’s daddy, the first-ever Super Bowl in Los Angeles this century will not only…