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Data shows that Black and brown people comprised nearly 68 percent of social distancing arrests in the city between March 16 and May 5, and Latinos another 24 percent. Black and Brown people received more than 80 percent of summonses related to the state of emergency.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe apparent unequal enforcement of social distancing policies is deeply troubling, and deepens the divide between law enforcement and the people they are tasked to protect,\u201d James \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/patch.com\/new-york\/new-york-city\/ag-fights-nypds-claim-social-distance-policing-not-racist\u0022\u003Esaid\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cIt is inherently wrong to aggressively police one group of people, yet ignore another group that commits the same infraction. The NYPD must better ensure that a New Yorker\u2019s race, color, and neighborhood does not determine how they are patrolled.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EConcerns over discriminatory enforcement of social distancing rules extend far beyond New York. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/in-some-of-ohios-most-populous-areas-black-people-were-at-least-4-times-as-likely-to-be-charged-with-stay-at-home-violations-as-whites?\u0022\u003EProPublica\u003C\/a\u003E examined court records in Ohio and released an analysis finding that\u0026nbsp;\u201cblack people were at least four times as likely to be charged with violating the stay-at-home order as white people.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022twitter-tweet\u0022\u003E\n\t\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022 lang=\u0022en\u0022\u003EA \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/propublica?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003E@propublica\u003C\/a\u003E analysis found charges of violating Ohio\u0027s stay-at-home order seem to have fallen disproportionately on black people.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\t\t\u003Cbr\u003E\n\t\tBlack people in the state were at least 4X as likely to be charged with violating the order as white people. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/2gV60qMSCZ\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/2gV60qMSCZ\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\t\u2014 Sentencing Project (@SentencingProj) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/SentencingProj\/status\/1260308013832904704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003EMay 12, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async src=\u0022https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\u0022 charset=\u0022utf-8\u0022\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EMass incarceration in overcrowded, unhygienic conditions exacerbates the threat of Covid-19, and overpolicing plays a significant role in putting people behind bars, often for low-level offenses. 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