---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kyle McCarthy <[email protected]> Date: Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 7:33 AM Subject: White People Have Contraband But Black People Get Arrested: Data from Ferguson To: [email protected] Hi Michael, *I know you have covered the situation in Ferguson.* We analyzed racial profiling and arrest data from Ferguson and found: - Black drivers are over-represented in every aspect of vehicle stops - except on an Interstate Highway - White People Have Contraband But Black People Get Arrested We have compiled an interactive database which visualizes data involving racial profiling by the Ferguson Police Department: http://ferguson-racial-profiling-data.silk. <http://ferguson-racial-profiling-data.silk.co/>co. You can post any visualizations as an embed in your article (Here's how) <https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxwKx397ZMOYZjBqOUdSejdpOVU/view>. About Silk: Silk is a place to explore the world through data <http://www.silk.co/home>. Silk displays data as beautiful interactive charts, maps and web pages. These free interactive data visuals can be embedded into articles and blog posts, providing a more interactive visualization than a static infographic. With Silk, anyone can convert a spreadsheet into interactive data visualizations in minutes for free. Regards, -- Kyle McCarthy Data Journalism Outreach www.silk.co / @silkdotco <http://www.twitter.com/silkdotco> ᐧ -- Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://en.wiki.floksociety.org/w/Research_Plan P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/