2015 Statistics Show 92% of Arrests By NYPD For Certain Petty Crimes Were People Of Color

New statistics covering New York City’s MTA crime statistics show that the overwhelming majority of New Yorkers arrested for fare-beating by the NYPD in 2015 were people of color.

The study finds a whopping 92% of those arrested for jumping turnstiles – the most common method of fare beating, were people of color.

Of the 28, 969 people arrested on the charge of theft of services – which primarily consists of fare evasion – just 2,291 were white, compared to the 26,678 who were black, Hispanic, or Asian, according to statistics from the state Divison of Criminal Justice Services analyzed by the Police Reform Organizing Project (PROP).

Via NY Daily News: