re: 2 Officers shot in Ferguson...Video in OP

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Concerns Regarding Pedestrian Stops

Although available data
enables an assessment of the disparate impact of many FPD
practices, many other practices cannot be assessed statistically because of FPD’s inadequate data
collection. FPD does not reliably collect or track data regarding pedestrian stops, or FPD
officer
s
’
conduct during those stops. Given this lack of data, we are unable to determine whether
African Americans are disproportionately the subjects of pedestrian stops, or the rate of searches,
arrests, or other post
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pedestrian stop outcomes. We note, howev
er, that during our investigation
we have spoken with not only black community members who have been stopped by FPD
officers, but also
non
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black community members and
employees of local businesses who have
observed FPD conduct pedestrian stops of others, a
ll of whom universally report that pedestrian
stops in Ferguson almost always involve African
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American youth.

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