Whitey Ford
11-05-2023, 06:18 PM
SFPD can’t explain its massive racial use-of-force disparities
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4112HGOCTQ
The San Francisco Police Department is struggling to explain why its officers use force far more often on Black people than on white people. In a city where Black residents make up less than six percent of the population, they account for nearly half of the use-of-force incidents by police officers.
On Wednesday, the San Francisco Police Commission held a hearing, during which the police department was meant to explain skyrocketing racial disparities in force used on civilians. In the last quarter of 2022, police used force on Black people 25 times as often as on white people.
Why? :lol
It has something to do with having a low I.Q. & impulse control. Possibly.
Commissioner Jesus Yáñez had demanded answers after the San Francisco Police Department in July gave a presentation to the Police Commision on use of force and racial disparities — but failed to include a chart that showed a massive spike in disparities, beginning in the final quarter of 2022.
That, he said, contributed to an apparent spike in force against Black people. In the fourth quarter of 2022, Black people in San Francisco had force used on them at 25 times the rate of white people, compared to an 11-fold gap the previous quarter.
A problem with that explanation: The disparity has continued to rise even further in 2023.
https://missionlocal.org/2023/11/sfpd-cant-explain-massive-racial-force-disparities/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4112HGOCTQ
The San Francisco Police Department is struggling to explain why its officers use force far more often on Black people than on white people. In a city where Black residents make up less than six percent of the population, they account for nearly half of the use-of-force incidents by police officers.
On Wednesday, the San Francisco Police Commission held a hearing, during which the police department was meant to explain skyrocketing racial disparities in force used on civilians. In the last quarter of 2022, police used force on Black people 25 times as often as on white people.
Why? :lol
It has something to do with having a low I.Q. & impulse control. Possibly.
Commissioner Jesus Yáñez had demanded answers after the San Francisco Police Department in July gave a presentation to the Police Commision on use of force and racial disparities — but failed to include a chart that showed a massive spike in disparities, beginning in the final quarter of 2022.
That, he said, contributed to an apparent spike in force against Black people. In the fourth quarter of 2022, Black people in San Francisco had force used on them at 25 times the rate of white people, compared to an 11-fold gap the previous quarter.
A problem with that explanation: The disparity has continued to rise even further in 2023.
https://missionlocal.org/2023/11/sfpd-cant-explain-massive-racial-force-disparities/