S.F. jail inmates 56% black

[KamaAina]

You didn't know SF had such a big African American community, did you?

It doesn't. Only 6 percent of city residents are black.

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/S-F-jail-inmates-56-black-4744799.php

Just 6 percent of San Francisco residents are African American, yet 56 percent of jail inmates are black, according to a city report issued last week.

By contrast, around 42 percent of city residents are white, but the group accounts for only 22 percent of jail residents....

"Younger adults are the most likely age group to be incarcerated," the report states. "In San Francisco, 52 percent of inmates are between the ages of 18 and 35. ... In addition, the jail population is disproportionately African American. ... African Americans age 18 to 25 constitute the largest demographic group in jail, accounting for 16 percent of the total inmate population."

[uponit7771]

1. US Justice system is really stacked against most of poor in US

[JRLeft]

2. SF PD is racist as fuck. The only people I ever see them harass are young black teens.

Police spend a lot of time in Lakeview, Potrero Hill, Hunter's Point and Fillmore Districts.

[KamaAina]

3. You mean Bayview?

I'm not familiar with a Lake View.

[JRLeft]

5. Lakeview is neighborhood Southwest of Balboa Park not far from 280.

[KamaAina]

11. I always thought of that as Ingleside.

Then again, what do I know? I'm in San Jose.

[JRLeft]

13. Ingleside is close by.

[Luminous Animal]

4. Yep.

[KamaAina]

9. See post #2 above

selective enforcement.

[JRLeft]

10. No it means Police focus on one group of people.

[JRLeft]

16. It's a national issue not just the city.

[JRLeft]

18. Lawyer Says Off-Duty SFPD Officer Was Target Of Racial Profiling

OAKLAND (CBS SF) — An attorney for an off-duty San Francisco police officer who was pulled over and allegedly harassed by other officers in the city’s Bayview District last week said Tuesday that the incident is “quite disturbing” and an example of racial profiling.

Civil rights lawyer John Burris said it was appropriate for the other officers to stop off-duty Officer Lorenzo Adamson, who has been on disability for back problems for several months, at the corner of Third Street and Newcomb Avenue at about 8:20 p.m. on Thursday because his license plate on his car wasn’t visible, although he had it inside his car.

But Burris said it was wrong that the first question that the officers, who are white, asked of Adamson, who is black, was whether he was on probation or parole.

“That assumes that everyone in the Bayview community is on probation and parole and it makes the community’s constitutional rights diminished,” Burris said at a news conference at his office in Oakland.

Video at the link: http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2013/06/04/lawyer-says-off-duty-sfpd-officer-was-target-of-racial-profiling/

And if you Google you find a history of this shit in the city.

[JRLeft]

22. I'm starting to think you are a troll from the free republic. 3 posts and you

pick this thread to make your first posts.

[uponit7771]

12. Profiling and inequity in defense. Nationaly whites are arrested for more than blacks but blacks

...are exonerated more often for violent crimes but mostly due to volunteer work and not paid defense

[Dreamer Tatum]

6. What percent of that jailed population is totally innocent, then? nt

[JRLeft]

7. Most of the brothers arrested are arrested for drug usage.

The problem is white people use drugs just as much if not more but the Police target black people.

[uponit7771]

14. The same amount as the white jailed population, just whites aren't profiled as much

[Donald Ian Rankin]

17. Does anyone have any data on why?

Obviously, there are two reasons this might be the case - that black people commit crimes per capita than white people, or that white people are more likely to get away with it/less likely to be wrongfully convicted.

I'm aware that there's fairly strong evidence that both those are true, "to a significant extent", but not more precisely than that . Does anyone know of any data on how much each factor contributes?

[JRLeft]

19. Actually black people commit crimes as much as white people do, why don't you google search the data

[Donald Ian Rankin]

24. Significantly less in absolute numbers, significantly more per capita.

I don't know which you mean, but either way I believe you're wrong.

[JRLeft]

25. I can see your eyes are glued to Faux.

[XemaSab]

21. In the interests of informing the discussion:

http://sf-police.org/index.aspx?page=1618

[LuvNewcastle]

26. Do the stats for population include the homeless people?

When I went to SF, I couldn't believe how many homeless there were, and most of them were black. I'm sure they're much more likely to get arrested than other citizens. I didn't see very many black people in SF who weren't homeless, now that I think about it. This was a long time ago, however, and I don't know how much has changed since then.