States with Top 5 arrest disparities
Iowa: Blacks were 8.34 times more likely to be arrested than whites
Washington, D.C.: 8.05 times more likely
Minnesota: 7.81 times
Illinois: 7.56 times
Wisconsin: 5.98 times
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