Data released Friday by the New York Police Department (NYPD) shows that 81 percent of coronavirus enforcement summonses from March 16 to May 5 were issued to black and Latino residents.
"Of the 374 summonses issued in regard to social distancing, the respondents for 193 of those summonses are black and the respondents for 11 of those summonses are Hispanic," an NYPD press release said.
Whites, who are 32 percent of the population of New York City, only received 51 summonses, accounting for 13 percent of them.
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