Mother Jones, March/April 2010 by Adam Weinstein
http://motherjones.com/politics/2010/03/texas-racist-laws-drinking-while-brown
“They were clearly choosing to bring more Hispanics into jail,” says Aarti Kohli, coauthor of the Berkeley study. But the feds and local officials hailed the PI sweeps as a victory. Immigration “is expanding this program, saying, ‘Isn’t this great?'” Kohli says. “But the question they’re not asking is: How are these people getting put into jail?”
San Francisco Chronicle, October 7, 2009 by Aarti Kohli and Antonia Hernandez
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/07/EDF01A1TI1.DTL
The report supports what advocates in cities nationwide have been saying for a long time: These enforcement programs result in rampant racial profiling by local police.
-The Dallas Morning News, September 17, 2009 by Brandon Formby
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/091709dnmetirvingcap.3d5e574.html
“We wanted just do a pure investigation of the data,” Kohli said. “When we did it, it was kind of amazing. If you look at the chart, you see how the spike happened.”
-The Dallas Morning News, September 24, 2009 by Brandon Formby
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-profiling_24met.ART.Central.Edition1.4bf3bd4.html
“We didn’t create the data,” she said. “We are an academic institution, and our reputation rests on our ability to do unbiased research. Why would we risk that?”