Ratio: Ottawa Population and Arrests Middle

ratio: Two main groups stand out in those traffic stop arrests: Middle Eastern and black men, according to Huffington Post Canada. Indeed, according to the study, Middle Eastern men were arrested 3.3 times more than what should be the case according to their representation in the Ottawa population. Things should be named as they are and in this regard the study is very explicit and indicative of racial profiling, at least used in arresting people from certain communities. For black drivers, this ratio was 2.3, while the ratio for white drivers was 0.9, slightly lower than their actual representation in the population. This is more evidence to deconstruct the popular saying that "there is no smoke without fire." A high number of arrests from certain racialized groups doesn't necessarily mean these individuals were deserving of it; thus, we can safely say that sometimes we might have "smoke" without having a "fire." The study goes further than simple traffic stops. What is even more disturbing is that the final outcome of these arrests showed that racialized groups are indeed more likely to be "let go" than the mainstream. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.