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New York Looters in 1977 Blackout Showed Higher Employment
A Crime Justice Agency profile of 2,706 adults arrested during New York City’s 1977 blackout found 45 percent were employed and 10 percent on welfare, higher employment and lower welfare reliance than the general defendant population. The study notes blacks 66 percent, Hispanics 30 percent, and whites the remainder, with most arrested in their home neighborhoods.
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