It took around fourteen San Francisco cops to strong-arm and subdue a homeless Black man after they accused him of being armed with his crutches.
San Francisco was the center of national media attention after the epic “BatKid” event that swept the city last Friday. But it appears that police may have been overzealous in searching and allegedly assaulting a young, Black college student biking home after the feelgood event, and reportedly beat back individuals trying to assist him.
The San Francisco Police Department is accused being unethical to mask racial profiling among criminal suspects, reports the Bay Citizen. The department allegedly underreported numbers of Black and Latino arrests to show racial equality in suspects sought out by officers. Adjusting the documents has a trickle-down effect in that it changes “Crime in California” statistics, […]
