Wednesday, May 22 2013 11:26 PM EDT2013-05-23 03:26:38 GMT
If you're traveling this Memorial Day Weekend, you may notice you're paying about the same at the pump as last year. AAA says the average gas price in Georgia right now is about $3.46 a gallon. That'sMore >>
If you're traveling this Memorial Day Weekend, you may notice you're paying about the same at the pump as last year.More >>
Wednesday, May 22 2013 11:20 PM EDT2013-05-23 03:20:46 GMT
Looks like will have great weather for Memorial Day weekend and DNR Rangers are preparing for big crowds on Lake Blackshear. Rangers expect a large number of boaters all weekend. They say they will strictlyMore >>
Looks like will have great weather for Memorial Day weekend and DNR Rangers are preparing for big crowds on Lake Blackshear.More >>
Wednesday, May 22 2013 11:14 PM EDT2013-05-23 03:14:04 GMT
A Cordele woman and her father are leading an effort to send clothes and other supplies to tornado victims in Moore, Oklahoma. Not only are a lot of people already donating items, but people are chippingMore >>
A Cordele woman and her father are leading an effort to send clothes and other supplies to tornado victims in Moore, Oklahoma.More >>
Wednesday, May 22 2013 8:20 PM EDT2013-05-23 00:20:52 GMT
The Lee County Sheriff's Department is now working with the Albany Crime stoppers. The Lee County Sheriff's Department asked to join the Albany Crime-stoppers program. The Sheriff's Department believesMore >>
The Lee County Sheriff's Department is now working with the Albany Crime stoppers. The Lee County Sheriff's Department asked to join the Albany Crime-stoppers program. The Sheriff's Department believes it will be a helpful tool in closing some cases.
Wednesday, May 22 2013 8:08 PM EDT2013-05-23 00:08:36 GMT
How would you save your pets life if a tornado touched down here in South Georgia? Tuesday's tornado ripped through Oklahoma taking 24 lives, and today families are still searching for their belongingsMore >>
How would you save your pets life if a tornado touched down here in South Georgia? Tuesday's tornado ripped through Oklahoma taking 24 lives, and today families are still searching for their belongings and pets that were lost during the storm More >>
April 30, 2007
Albany-- A federal study shows police often treat minorities differently than white drivers during traffic stops.
A study by the Federal Bureau of Justice Statistics shows that minority and white drivers are pulled over equally. But here's the difference. Blacks and Hispanics are more likely to be searched and arrested.
Nearly 10-percent of Blacks and 9-percent of Hispanics were searched versus 3.6-percent of whites. Blacks were more than twice as likely to be arrested as whites. Arrest rates for Hispanics were also higher than whites.
Albany State Criminal Justice Department Chairman Dr. Charles Ochie says the findings aren't surprising.
"Generally speaking, minorities often times receive different treatment from police and a lot of times it's because of the attitudes of both sides because when the minority person is stopped by the police, the minority person expects a certain attitude from the police and the police expects a certain kind of attitude from the person who's stopped," said Ochie.
The study also found that minorities were more likely to be subjected to force or threat of force by police. The study was compiled from 2005 traffic stop data and nearly 64-thousand interviews done by the Census Bureau.
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