Blacks Targeted By Police

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Washington (AFP) - The San Francisco police department disproportionately targets and uses force against African-American and Hispanic individuals, according to a US federal investigation released Wednesday.

The Department of Justice inquiry concluded that the majority of deadly use of force cases in the California city involved people of color.

Minority drivers are also searched and arrested in traffic stops more often than white drivers, the report found, and people of color were "less likely to be found with contraband than white drivers."

"There are numerous indicators of implicit and institutionalized bias against minority groups," said the report, which added that the department does not adequately train its officers or properly investigate their use of force.

The independent federal inquiry -- carried out by the department's office of community policing -- was launched in February following the fatal shooting of Mario Woods, a 26-year-old black man who died in a hail of police bullets last December.

San Francisco had also been embroiled in controversy over racist and homophobic text messages exchanged among officers.

Similar investigations have probed the police forces in Chicago, Ferguson and Baltimore, as a string of deaths of young black men killed at the hands of police has fueled national outrage.

"These are timely conversations because police-community relations in the United States have reached a pivotal moment," the report said. "Trust is the key to the stability of our communities, the integrity of our criminal justice system, and the safe and effective delivery of policing services."

The Justice Department issued 272 recommendations to the San Francisco department to aid in potential police reform initiatives.
 
Washington (AFP) - The San Francisco police department disproportionately targets and uses force against African-American and Hispanic individuals, according to a US federal investigation released Wednesday.

The Department of Justice inquiry concluded that the majority of deadly use of force cases in the California city involved people of color.

Minority drivers are also searched and arrested in traffic stops more often than white drivers, the report found, and people of color were "less likely to be found with contraband than white drivers."

"There are numerous indicators of implicit and institutionalized bias against minority groups," said the report, which added that the department does not adequately train its officers or properly investigate their use of force.

The independent federal inquiry -- carried out by the department's office of community policing -- was launched in February following the fatal shooting of Mario Woods, a 26-year-old black man who died in a hail of police bullets last December.

San Francisco had also been embroiled in controversy over racist and homophobic text messages exchanged among officers.

Similar investigations have probed the police forces in Chicago, Ferguson and Baltimore, as a string of deaths of young black men killed at the hands of police has fueled national outrage.

"These are timely conversations because police-community relations in the United States have reached a pivotal moment," the report said. "Trust is the key to the stability of our communities, the integrity of our criminal justice system, and the safe and effective delivery of policing services."

The Justice Department issued 272 recommendations to the San Francisco department to aid in potential police reform initiatives.

Not too many are left in SF unless if they are very wealthy.

San Francisco has turned into the Mega Rich city who only the Hi-Tech industry can afford.
With that said , many are Asian and white so the blacks and hispanics stick out and are easy targets to pull over.
 
Cops killed nearly twice as many whites as blacks in 2015.
More whites and Hispanics die from police homicides than blacks.
Blacks are more likely to kill cops than be killed by cops
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Chicago:
75% of Murdered are Black, 71% of Murderers are Black

VICTIMS

  • 83.4% of deaths were from shootings
  • 6.7% stabbings
  • 6.5% assaults.
  • Of the 362 firearm homicides,
  • 351 (97%) were from handguns
  • 77% of all homicide victims had a prior arrest history
  • Victims were 90% male
Young, Black males are overwhelmingly committing most of the murders. Based on the data on the victims, that means young, Black males are primarily killing other young, Black males.

(Chicago: 75% of Murdered are Black, 71% of Murderers are Black -- 2011 Statistics / Chicago is currently breaking 2015's record-setting murder rate)

71% of the murderers are black...'Blacks targeted by Police'....Hmmmmm.....
 
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