Does Gentrification Amplify Racial Profiling by Police?

Over the past two decades, gentrification has become a norm in major American cities. As formerly low-income residents are displaced by white-collar workers and overpriced coffeehouses, the police behavior is shifting with the culture. With gentrification in cities like Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles, comes an increase in policing and racial profiling.
Watch as SPA Assistant Professor Lallen Johnson talks about his research on the Los Angeles transit system and how gentrification has amplified racial profiling by and changed the behavior of the police.