Shroff, Ravi

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“We find that stopped black and Hispanic pedestrians had about twice the odds of being frisked than white pedestrians who were equally likely to be carrying a weapon… Further, the risk-adjusted disparities are in fact greater than the raw disparities in frisk rates, a finding consistent with the fact that stopped whites are, on average, more likely to be carrying a weapon than stopped minorities."

“Stops of blacks and Hispanics were typically based on less evidence than stops of whites. For example, 49% of blacks and 34% of Hispanics stopped under suspicion of [criminal weapon possession] had less than a 1% chance of possessing a weapon, compared to 19% of whites."

“While the adverse effects of stop-and-frisk on blacks and Hispanics are largely attributable to heavy use of the tactic in high-crime, predominately minority areas, there still appears to be an element of racial bias."

“The bar for searching black and Hispanic drivers was lower than that for searching white drivers."