A Beverly Hills police task force arrested 106 people. All but one were Black, lawsuit claims.

[Demovictory9]

Beverly Hills Police targeted Black people with harassment and arrest for low-level or nonexistent violations in an effort to keep them away from Rodeo Drive, according to a class-action racial discrimination lawsuit filed in California Superior Court Monday by civil rights attorneys Ben Crump and Bradley Gage.


The complaint centers on the Beverly Hills Police Department's "Operation Safe Streets," a campaign to address safety on the city's famed luxury shopping destination of Rodeo Drive.

The suit claims that between March 2020 and July 2021, the task force made 106 arrests - 105 of whom were of Black people.


"If 2% of the residents of Beverly Hills are Black but almost 100% of the arrests are Black [people,] that's a pretty clear indication something's wrong," Gage told The Washington Post Thursday.

"The women and men of BHPD take an oath to protect human life and enforce the law - regardless of race," Beverly Hills Police Chief Dominick Rivetti said in a statement Wednesday. "Any violation of this pledge is contrary to the values of this department. We take all concerns regarding the conduct of our officers very seriously."

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The more than 100 arrestees were cited for a range of noncriminal behaviors such as roller skating or riding a scooter on the sidewalk to low-level infractions such as jaywalking. None of the same behaviors and infractions were enforced against White people, the lawsuit claims.

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/A-Beverly-Hills-police-task-force-arrested-106-16433158.php

[CrispyQ]

1. You can be arrested for non-criminal behavior like jaywalking or skateboarding on the sidewalk?

Really? That seems a little overboard.

[Demovictory9]

2. jaywalking while black, skateboarding while black, etc. laws are often heavily policed against

black people. ignored when whites do it.

[CrispyQ]

3. I get that. My question was, is it even legal?

Are the police using non-criminal activity to find excuses to arrest Blacks on other charges, or are Blacks really getting arrested for jaywalking? That's my question. If you get caught going 50 miles over the speed limit you don't get arrested, you get a ticket. I would think the same for jaywalking or skateboarding.

I just googled it & it depends where you live. In my state, jaywalking is considered a minor traffic violation & is punishable by fines only. There is no jail time. In CA, you can be arrested, but that rarely happens, so yes, the police are targeting minorities.

[Demovictory9]

6. many Black people are arrested for "resisting arrest" as the only charge. stopped and stopped

harassed and harassed until interaction with police ends in arrest, so that minor violation turns to arrest.

[CrispyQ]

7. I get that, but I guess you don't get that I get that. Whatever. -nt

[Demovictory9]

8. whatever

[dalton99a]

4. It's clear as day

[momta]

5. Holy hell.

Try claiming that institutional racism doesn't exist now.

[hunter]

9. That's one way the city I grew up in kept itself white.

Police were constantly on the lookout for non-white people to harass. If they couldn't find any, openly gay men were next on the list.

My parents, artists with day jobs, were there for the work. My siblings and I all fled, and so did my parents soon after my dad retired.

The place is now a shit hole of affluent "Christian" white people and a few of their non-white and/or gay friends.

From my perspective there's nothing Christian about prosperity gospel.

Prosperity theology (sometimes referred to as the prosperity gospel, the health and wealth gospel, the gospel of success, or seed faith) is a religious belief among some Protestant Christians that financial blessing and physical well-being are always the will of God for them, and that faith, positive speech, and donations to religious causes will increase one's material wealth.

Prosperity theology has been criticized by leaders from various Christian denominations, including within some Pentecostal and charismatic movements, who maintain that it is irresponsible, promotes idolatry, and is contrary to the scripture. Secular as well as some Christian observers have also criticized prosperity theology as exploitative of the poor. The practices of some preachers have attracted scandal and some have been charged with financial fraud.

Prosperity theology views the Bible as a contract between God and humans: if humans have faith in God, he will deliver security and prosperity. The doctrine emphasizes the importance of personal empowerment, proposing that it is God's will for his people to be blessed. The atonement (reconciliation with God) is interpreted to include the alleviation of sickness and poverty, which are viewed as curses to be broken by faith. This is believed to be achieved through donations of money, visualization, and positive confession.

There is no way in hell I'd ever go back.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

10. Maybe they need more training.