The Women's Donor Network released a study today on the scarcity of Black and Brown elected prosecutors.
Fueled by the Black Lives Matter Movement and
increased media coverage of incidences of police brutality, concern
about the equality of the American justice system has been steadily
increasing for months.
The WDN's study entitled Justice For All?
investigated the representation of women and people of color in elected
prosecutors across the country. The results were not encouraging.
Researchers found that 60 percent of states have
no elected Black prosecutors. Additionally, even though Latinos are 17
percent of the United States' population, they make up just 1.7 percent
of elected prosecutors.
Full article and video available here: Lack of Diversity
Source: NBC News
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