CALIFORNIA – The California Racial and Identity Profiling Advisory (RIPA) Board published their annual report, January 1, on police stops across California with a focus, this year, on the policing of youth and its impacts.
Researchers found that Black youth were stopped by police far more often than their share of the population, with stops happening 126% more than expected.
Latino youth were the next most affected, being stopped 44% more often than expected.
“Young Californians who are driving, biking, and walking and perceived to be Black or Brown are regularly stopped, asked to consent to a search, handcuffed, sat on the curb, put in a police car, and questioned for information that is recorded on a field interview card before being released,” said RIPA Board co-chair Andrea Guerrero in a statement.
She goes on to say that this is California’s version of stop and frisk that causes immeasurable harm to the community and erodes trust in law enforcement from a young age.
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