City officials say they are looking at the study and have already made some changes.
By Peter Hermann Peter Hermann Reporter covering crime, specifically the D.C. police department Email Bio Follow May 14 at 1:01 PM A disproportionate number of black people in the District are arrested for minor violations that include smoking marijuana in public, driving without a license and gambling, a study from two watchdog groups found.
Disparate arrests “are happening throughout the entire city, which raises serious questions about how this department is policing,” said Michael Perloff, an attorney with the District’s office of the American Civil Liberties Union. “That the vast law enforcement and justice system touches the lives of communities of color more than others is not unique to D.C.,” said Donahue, who spoke on behalf of the administration of Mayor Muriel E. Bowser and the police department. He noted that one question is whether there are laws “that no longer reflect our D.C. values that the District should change.
Officers pulling over a vehicle for a suspected infraction don’t know if a driver has a valid license until after the stop. The ACLU says it was only able to get a racial breakdown of those arrested, and not the race of all drivers stopped by police. The group said that makes it impossible to assess whether more black drivers are pulled over for possible traffic infractions.
The study also raised concerns about arrests for public consumption of marijuana. While possession cases plummeted after decriminalization, the study found the numbers of people arrested for public consumption now exceeds those arrested before the law took effect. Black people accounted for about 80 percent of the arrests, according to the study.
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