Even more damning, the study suggested, was the racial breakdowns in arrests and ticketing. It found African-Americans statewide were 7.6 times more likely than whites to be arrested rather than ticketed for the same offense. Cook County had one of the highest racial disparities in the nation on that score, and researchers were surprised that Chicagos 2013 arrests actually increased in some areas, predominantly minority neighborhoods on the city’s South and West sides. Fuller Park, East Garfield Park and West Garfield Park had arrest rates that were seven times higher than the citywide average. dnainfo/chicago/20140519/downtown/pot-enforcement-uneven-unjust-says-roosevelt-university-study
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