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Most of the students arrested or ticketed by police are in Bronx schools, according to a new analysis of NYPD school safety data released by the New York Civil Liberties Union.
The report, released Wednesday, shows that 33 of arrests were made and nearly 55 of summonses were given in the Bronx. Citywide, police arrested 327 students and handed out 555 summonses in schools from January through March.
More than 96 of arrests were of black or Latino students, and more than 73 were male.
Black students comprise only 31 of the student population in city schools, but 64 in this demographic were arrested.
These data show how the impact of heavy-handed policing in city schools falls mostly on black students who account for 64 percent of the arrests, and on male students who represent about three-quarters of all arrests, said NYCLU Executive Director Donna Lieberman in a statement.
"If the Bloomberg administration truly wants to help young men of color succeed, then it must address these disparities and focus more resources on educating children, not arresting them.
Joseph Duarte, a sophomore at Samuel Gompers High School in the Bronx, said he and his classmates feel singled out.
These numbers make us feel like the NYPD is targeting black and Latino students, and that's just plain wrong, said the 15-year-old member of the Dignity in Schools campaign. We go to school to get an education, not arrested.
During the last two reporting periods, there were 606 arrests and 1,087 summonses in city schools.
The NYCLU and the American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal class action lawsuit in 2010 challenging the NYPDs practice of arresting children in city schools. That lawsuit is still pending.
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