ACLU accuses Boston Police Department of racial bias

ACLU accuses Boston Police Department of racial bias
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The ACLU has released a new report with some troubling accusations. The report found that for as many as 75 percent of Boston police encounters, "little to no justification" was given for police actions. And, the ACLU adds, 63 percent of those encounters targeted African-Americans.

The "Black, Brown, and Targeted" report, released Wednesday, looked at more than 200,000 of the Boston Police Department's encounters with civilians between 2007 and 2010. The Massachusetts branch of the ACLU used data from the BPD's "Field Interrogation, Observation, Frisk and/or Search" reports to compile its report.

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Meghan DeMaria

Meghan DeMaria is a staff writer at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked for USA Today and Marie Claire.