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This is comedic level of corruption.

Reminds me of the post communists Eastern European country I grew up in -- you piss off someone, a call is made, you get demoted or reassigned to a dead end post.

Separately, the minority bias angle seems a bit forced to me: is the percentage of white card holders large enough to explain a significant percentage of observed ticketing racial bias? I very much doubt it.

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I wouldn't be surprised at all - the NYC police force demographics don't come particularly close to the city as a whole. Blacks are significantly underrepresented while Latinos are actually over-represented. Assuming the cards go mostly to people of the same race, which is likely if they go to relatives/neighbors/friends, you end up with meaningful bias.

I doubt also. But it depends on who has the cards, how they're obtained, and how many are allowed to be given out.

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