Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Report Finds Oakland Police Department Disproportionately Stops African Americans and Latinos



The Oakland Police Department disproportionately stops African Americans and Latinos – that was the finding of a new report released by the Oakland Police Department. The report found that even though African Americans and Latinos make up just over fifty percent of Oakland’s population, they account for almost eighty percent of police stops in the city. The report also found that the African Americans and Latinos who were searched were no more likely to have contraband than other racial groups. Nick St. Charles Filed this report.