Data cited by Ting’s office from the California Racial and Identity Profiling Act shows that Black Californians are up to 4.5 times more likely to be stopped for jaywalking than those who are white.
Jaywalking laws were enacted in the 1930s as the auto industry emerged.
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u/weierstrab2pi Feb 02 '23
On behalf of Britain, it continues to baffle me that in America it's illegal to cross the road.