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North Brunswick police targeted Black and Latino neighborhoods to fulfill ticket quotas officers allege
The North Brunswick Police Department targeted black and Latino neighborhoods with racially discriminatory practices for almost a decade
The North Brunswick Police Department targeted Black and Latino neighborhoods with racial discriminatory practices for almost a decade, allowing police officers to grow their pockets at the expense of people of color, several police officers have alleged, reports NBC News.
North Brunswick police allegedly targeted Black and Latinos
According to an investigation by NBC New York’s I-Team, officers targeted minority neighborhoods in order to fulfill ticket quotas, racking overtime pay with each ticket they wrote — an unofficial policy that was widely understood in the department, police say.
They called the practice “hunting at the border,” referring to the border between North Brunswick and New Brunswick, and roads heavily trafficked by people of color.
“They’re saying they’re going out hunting,” one officer told NBC New York. “You go to traffic court and you see the impact. Ninety percent of the people you see there are blacks and Latinos.”
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