Chief: NYPD’s Gang Database is 99% Minorities
Chief of Detectives Dermot F. Shea revealed at a city council hearing that the 17,000 individuals named in the NYPD's gang registry are nearly entirely non-white, including 65 percent African Americans, 24 percent non-white Hispanics, and 10 percent black Hispanics.
Source: The Crime Report ( TheCrimeReport.org )