According to Moriearty, in terms of racial disparities and arrests, Black juveniles in Minnesota are 6.5x more likely to be arrested than their white counterparts. They’re also more than 5 times as likely to be transferred to adult court. She also cited studies on the incarceration of Black youth that explain why young Black people tend to receive harsher sentences than white people in cases like Burrell's. The study ultimately found that officers are more likely to attribute the criminal behavior of minority youth to things like "inadequate moral character and personality" and therefore more likely to use more harsh punishment.