New York Arrests [June 2020]
Our New York Crime data spans from May of 2020 to July 2020, shedding light on not only the types of arrests happening during this time, but what race the police officer perceived the perpetrator to be. As we focus our data on this time period, we hope to gain a better understanding of racially targeted police violence that occurs in New York. We also will see numeric values of perpetrator arrests along with their race, revealing the many protesters, particularly those of color, who were arrested at these protests for fighting against racism and anti-black violence.
Through exploration of our maproom, users can interact with a visual representation of arrests of varied race groups in New York, raising questions about how some race groups are more subjected to criminalization.
We focus our arrest data between May and June 2020, a month of great upheaval in the Black Lives Matter Movement, in order to analyze the criminalization of protest in the fight for racial justice.
Click on the buttons below to explore arrests by demographic group across NYC. The map will also generate the population density for the selected demographic group across each of the five boroughs
Hover over a borough to view the population proportion for the selected demographic group. Click on the borough for a more detailed analysis on the arrests.
Hover over a marker on the map to view specific arrest details. Click on marker shaped like a protest icon to view images of a BLM protest that occured.