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Jacksonville, Florida has some of the nation's most dangerous roads for pedestrians. The city's police have cynically exploited a genuine public safety threat to use "jaywalking" as a pretext to stop and search black residents. Image: Florida Times-Union

Jacksonville’s “Jaywalking” Enforcement Is Very, Very Racist

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 16, 2017 | 59 Comments

A bombshell new report from ProPublica and the Florida Times-Union examines Jacksonville's profoundly broken and racially biased pedestrian enforcement.