Anonymous ID: 110461 May 25, 2020, 8:50 a.m. No.9309835   πŸ—„οΈ.is πŸ”—kun

NYT Editorial Board Comes Out Against Enforcing Social Distancing Rules (For Nonwhites)

 

If Blacks Are More At Risk Of Dying From Coronavirus, Should They Be Ticketed More For Not Social Distancing?

 

From the New York Times:

 

Social Distancing, Without the Police

Letting members of the community enforce social distancing is the better way.

 

By The Editorial Board

 

May 18, 2020, 6:00 p.m. ET

 

Of the 125 people arrested over offenses that law enforcement officials described as related to the coronavirus pandemic, 113 were black or Hispanic. Of the 374 summonses from March 16 to May 5, a vast majority β€” 300 β€” were given to black and Hispanic New Yorkers.

 

Videos of some of the arrests are hard to watch. In one posted to Facebook last week, a group of some six police officers are seen tackling a black woman in a subway station as her young child looks on. β€œShe’s got a baby with her!” a bystander shouts. Police officials told The Daily News the woman had refused to comply when officers directed her to put the mask she was wearing over her nose and mouth.

 

Contrast that with photographs across social media showing crowds of sun-seekers packed into parks in wealthy, whiter areas of the city, lounging undisturbed as police officers hand out masks. …

 

To prove that crowds of sun-seekers packed into parks in wealthy, whiter areas, the Editorial Board posted this photo:

 

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