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Yet the data shows that police enforce jaywalking laws disproportionately in neighborhoods with limited pedestrian infrastructure - fewer crosswalks, sidewalks and signals, primarily underserved Black and brown communities. And so many instances of police brutality against Black Americans start when we are stopped for minor infractions like jaywalking.
Jaywalking laws are just one way that Black Americans have had their mobility arrested. Today, we're exploring the war on our right to walk in the street, and what you can do about it.
By Charles T. Brown5
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Yet the data shows that police enforce jaywalking laws disproportionately in neighborhoods with limited pedestrian infrastructure - fewer crosswalks, sidewalks and signals, primarily underserved Black and brown communities. And so many instances of police brutality against Black Americans start when we are stopped for minor infractions like jaywalking.
Jaywalking laws are just one way that Black Americans have had their mobility arrested. Today, we're exploring the war on our right to walk in the street, and what you can do about it.

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