Latinos Face Up To High DUI Rate Study: Nearly 40% Of Chicago’s Cases Involve Hispanics
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While representing 20 percent of Chicago’s population, Hispanics may account for nearly 40 percent of arrests for drunken driving in the city, according to a Chicago Sun-Times study. The numbers of arrests for driving under the influence of alcohol are disproportionately higher for Hispanics than they are for blacks and whites and are rising at an alarming rate. Cultural attitudes toward drinking, isolation, loneliness and the promotion of alcoholic beverages in the impoverished… Source : nl.newsbank.com |