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mmm 2A NEWS/tElie Cliatlatte ^ast Thursday, March 18, 2004 Data on mning a sten but more GouM be done Continued from page 1A 1999. “There should be some data that should be included, but wasn’t,” Jones said. “Even the way they pro nounced it, there were more African American males stopped than the norm.” Stop statistics used in the study, which covered more than 77,000 vehicles and 5,500 pedestrians in 2002, was provided by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. Other data includes accident reports from the N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles and U.S. Census Bureau. The researchers acknowl edge the possibility of incom plete information, which ultimately led to descrip tions and estimates of the divide among ethnic groups. The citizens group wasn’t consulted on the final report’s contents, which went directly to the police. “Oim task as researchers is to provide an empirical assessment, within the lim its of the data available to us, of the degree of racial and other disparities in the stops and searches of vehicles,” the report stated. “Whether a specific level of disparity is excessive ultimately depends on what is deemed appropriate levels of enforce ment by the CMPD the citi zen advisoiy board of this project, and the Charlotte- Mecklenburg community.” Charlotte Mayor Pro 'Ibm Patrick Cannon said the study’s findings were a step forward in building confi dence, but more should be done. “This certainly doesn’t, in my opinion, close the books on what we need to do to monitor the possibility of profiling,” he said. “The sec ond thing is continuing to Cannon make sure there is no arbi trary profiling going on. While the report indi cates there’s no arbitrary profiling going on, there is always the potential for it to occur.” Including more perti nent data would help give a clearer picture, Jones argues, something the researchers didn’t have when the report was submit ted to the police. “We knew they needed to capture additional data, but they never captured it,” he said. “We’re still working, we haven’t closed the door yet.” Adds Cannon: “I think information like that is essential for us to know about it. There are questions United Nations: Central African Republic in crisis By Jonathan Fowler THE ASSOCIATED PRESS GENEVA — Central AiHcan Republic faces a “humanitarian catastrophe” caused by political instability and a collapsing health service unless nations meet a U.N. appeal for nearly $17 million in aid, an envoy for the world body said Wednesday. So far, the United Nations has collected just $700,000 of the $16.8 million it asked for in November, said Ramiro Lopes da SUva, a spe cial envoy for the troubled nation. That shows a “lack of serious engagement by the interna tional community,” he said. The money is needed to battle HIV/AIDS, malaria, cholera, measles and meningitis and to tackle malnutrition, which affects at least 14 percent of the nation’s children, he said. “With the current situation in the Central African Republic, this is our last opportunity before real anarchy and a humanitarian cata strophe,” Lopes da Sdva said. Central Afncan Repubhc is rich in gold, dia- Community. Information. Balance. Cl^arlotte H A T F A H 1 Nettie Reeves Presents the Eighth Annual Portraits of Black Women March 20, 2004 Seven O'clock PM Spirit Square, 345 North College Street, Charlotte, NC Starring Sandra B. 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Then there’s the reality of what’s going on in the streets.” Jones, who spent 29 years with Charlotte-Mecklenburg police, said additional data would help answer question he has. “I’m not sure the door will ever be closed on this issue,” Jones said. “There’s some further discussion that needs to take place. If the police department expects me to take this at face value, I’m not going to do it. “We have a great police department, but it isn’t per fect. We need to work on the problems.” “Count on us for Quality At A Low Price” KEZIAH FUNITURE oo ALL SOFAS, BEDROOMS, DINETTES on SALE! NOW tbOflfk ' Vaugh Bassett • 6pc. Sleigh Bedroom Suit MADEINU.S.A. ^Reg. $1349” Open Mon. - Sat. 9am - 6pm Financing Available ^ 2914 Gibbon Rd. Charlotte*. N.C. 704-596-7427 We Give Our Customers The Best Price! monds and uranium, but 95 percent of the country’s 3.6 million people live on less than $1 a day. 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