The Justice Department opened an investigation after allegations of discriminatory policing in East Haven, Connecticut. Yale law students analyzed traffic tickets given by police and found that almost 60% of tickets were given to people with Hispanic surnames. Connecticut law requires police to report the race or ethnicity of those they ticket or arrest. However, officers mischaracterize the race or ethnicity of the vast majority of people. One example is an officer who issued 80% of tickets to people with Hispanic surnames but reported that 97% of his tickets went to white people.
http://http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/23/nyregion/23haven.html?scp=1&sq=census%20+%20latinos%20&st=cse
Enedina Garcia
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