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Members of a large task force formed by the city to look into unequal rates of arrest and incarceration among black and white kids in Charlottesville are clamoring for more action. The outcry comes in the wake of a recently completed study presented to City Council by the same task force, which found that black children are arrested, placed on probation, and jailed more often than white kids. But while the report’s findings have members of the Disproportion Minority Contact (DMC) task force and city councilors concerned, their main worry is the slow pace with which the city is moving to solve a problem that was widely recognized three years ago. “For those of us who served on the task force and endorsed the recommendations, it’s a frustrating experience to spend two years and come to no conclusions, which is really where we’re at,” said Jeff Fogel, a long-time civil rights advocate and local attorney who serves on the DMC task force. “It’s a shame it takes so long just to get where we got.” c-ville/task-force-on-racial-inequity-in-the-justice-system-has-community-members-calling-for-action/#.U7bH-6gWd4Y
Posted on: Fri, 04 Jul 2014 15:31:36 +0000

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