Black San Diegans 9 times likelier to be charged with ‘resisting an officer’ — and nothing else

On a sunny day last September, Ayisha Williams set up a canopy on the sidewalk outside her father’s house in Emerald Hills. She and her 15-year-old daughter regularly used his Wi-Fi and the canopy’s shade to get homework done. That day, she tried to make sure the shade also reached her 19-year-old son, who was sleeping in her car.

Williams’ girlfriend joined them.

Suddenly, San Diego police officers arrived. A peaceful day devolved into chaos…

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