Atlanta airport is welcoming ride share companies. In the process, finger printing became an issue. Here are the arguments for and against:
Argument FOR:
- Airport officials said it was a security measure
Arguments AGAINST:
- fingerprint information is incomplete
- fingerprint information is dsicriminatory
- 50% of African American men are arrested by age 23
- 44% of Latino men are arrested by age 23
- law enforcement records are incomplete and inaccurate
- law enforcement arrest records, before conviction, were never intended to be used as job qualifiers
What did Atlanta City Council decide? No fingerprinting
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