African-Americans experience disparities in justice at every major stage of a criminal case from stops and arrests, to charging, to bail and pretrial detention, to sentencing and incarceration.
“Unequal treatment of Black, brown and impoverished Philadelphians can be seen in the neighborhoods and schools throughout the city,” said Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner. “Disparities in the criminal justice system begin in the crumbling infrastructure of our poorest neighborhoods and in our underfunded public schools.”