blondiechika05
May 22, 2007, 03:14 PM
There is a new law in Suffolk County, NY (I'm in Nassau County) that calls for people who are pulled over and found to not have licenses or IDs on them to be arrested on the spot. However, I just saw a news report that a majority of the people that are being arrested are Hispanic. The arrests are occurring in predominantly Hispanic communities such as Farmingville (which is notorious for problems with day laborers and other illegal immigrants) and Bay Shore. In fact, 77% of those arrested are apparently Hispanic. My question is, is there any way to find out what percentage of those PULLED OVER are Hispanic? Critics of this law are saying it's racial profiling and I want to know if it is or not.