Thread by @FilmThePoliceLA

Thousands of complaints for *biased policing* have been filed against the LAPD. NONE have been sustained. Zero. No bias, huh? Let’s look at the OIG data:

Percent of people who searched for *traffic violations*:

▪️Black men: 28%
▪️White men: 6%

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Percent searched (car and/or persons) for *registration violation*:

▪️Black: 19%
▪️Hispanic: 16%
▪️White: 6%

No bias, they say. (2/...)

Percent searched for *license plate violations*:

▪️Black: 25%
▪️Hispanic: 17%
▪️White: 5%

No bias? (3/...)

Percent searched for *speeding* violations:

▪️Black: 15%
▪️Hispanic: 7%
▪️White: 1%

And the LAPD is emphatic that there isn’t any bias in the LAPD? (4/...)

Searches for *crosswalk* violations:

▪️Black: 19%
▪️White: 2%

Imagine being searched over a crosswalk violation? But yeah, no bias....(5/...)

Here’s the thing: the OIG said Black & Hispanic people are *more* likely to be searched during stops. But POC are actually *less* likely to be found w/contraband than White people.

So what the hell is going on? (6/...)

It’s the LAPD *pretextual stop* policy. They look for the tiniest reason to stop someone (POC) then search them for contraband.

But the OIG said it’s *ineffective at identifying more serious crimes*. In fact, serious contraband is only found 2% of the time.