THIS
THIS SUNDAY THE SAN UNION TRIBUNE WILL PUBLISH PART ONE OF A THREE PART SERIES
CALLED COLOR OF AUTHORITY THAT
WILL FOCUS ON THE LONG STANDING
RACIAL DISPARITIES THAT HAVE
PLAGUED POLICING IN SAN DIEGO
COUNTY UNION TRIBUNE WATCHDOG
REPORTERS LINDSY WINKLER AND
LAUREN SCHROEDER ANALYZED
NEARLY FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
STOPS MADE BY SAN DIEGO POLICE
AND SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES. LINDSEY
JOIN US IS JOINING US TODAY
WITH WHAT THEY DISCOVERED.
FIRST OFF, THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR JOINING US TODAY, LINDSAY.
ABSOLUTELY. THANKS SO MUCH FOR
HAVING WANT TO GET INTO REAL
QUICK RIGHT AWAY BRIEFLY TALK
ABOUT THIS HUGE DATA SET AND
WHERE IT ALL CAME FROM. YEAH.
SO THIS DATA SET ACTUALLY CAME
FROM A LAW THAT WAS PASSED BACK
IN TWENTY FIFTEEN. IT'S CALLED
THE RACIAL AND IDENTITY
PROFILING ACT AND ESSENTIALLY
IT REQUIRES CALIFORNIA LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO COLLECT
A BUNCH OF DETAILED INFORMATION
ABOUT ALL SORTS OF STOPS. SO
ANY PEDESTRIAN ANY DRIVER THAT
THEY PULL OVER, THEY HAVE TO
RECORD PIECES OF INFORMATION
INCLUDING THE RACE AND
ETHNICITY OF THE PEOPLE THAT
THEY ENCOUNTER. AND WE DECIDED
TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT WHEN YOU
LOOKED AT THESE AND YOU GOT TO
YOUR FINDINGS, WERE YOU
SURPRISED BY WHAT YOU FOUND IN
ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM? NO, WE
WERE NOT SURPRISED AND I AND I
WILL SAY THAT NOBODY REALLY
THAT WE SPOKE TO WAS SURPRISED.
I MEAN AND WE CAN JUST TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE
FINDINGS. I MEAN WE FOUND THAT
EVEN THOUGH BLACK PEOPLE MAKE
UP LESS THAN SIX PERCENT OF SAN
DIEGO'S POPULATION, THEY
ACCOUNT FOR ABOUT 20 PERCENT
OF SAN DIEGO POLICE STOPS AT
SAN OFFICERS WERE MORE LIKELY
TO USE FORCE ON MINORITY GROUPS
AS WELL AS SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES.
WHOLE DEPARTMENTS SEARCH BLACK
AND NATIVE AMERICAN PEOPLE AT
HIGHER RATES THAN WHITE PEOPLE
AND DIEGO POLICE ARRESTED
NATIVE AMERICANS, BLACKS,
PACIFIC ISLANDERS AND LATINOS
AT HIGHER RATES THAN WHITES.
AND THESE ARE THESE ARE A
CONTINUATION OF STATISTICS THAT
WE REALLY ALREADY KNEW POLICE
DEPARTMENTS KNOW OF AND
COMMUNITY GROUPS KNOW OF THEM.
AND SO THIS WAS JUST AN
ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO SORT
OF SHINE A LIGHT ON DISPARITIES
THAT CONTINUE ACROSS THE COUNTY
AND THIS IS IT THOUGH A
UNIQUELY SAN DIEGO PROBLEM. WE
KNOW THAT AND HOW DOES THIS
WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING HERE?
LINE UP WITH OTHER STUDIES THAT
HAVE BEEN DONE ON DISPARITIES
IN POLICING AROUND THE COUNTRY
?YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN THE
NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE AND THE
FINDINGS THAT WE WERE SORT
OF REVEALED IN THIS ANALYSIS
ARE ABSOLUTELY FALL IN LINE
WITH MANY STUDIES THAT HAVE
BEEN DONE ACROSS THE COUNTRY
AND HERE IN THE STATE. I MEAN
THE RIPPA BOARD WHICH IS THE
GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT SORT
OF LOOK FOR THIS DATA OR LOOK
AT THIS DATA ACROSS THE STATE
FOUND VERY SIMILAR RESULTS. AND
SO IT'S JUST I THINK THAT THAT
GOES TO SHOW THAT THIS IS A
VERY DEEP PROBLEM AND THAT IT'S
SOMETHING THAT WE ALL FACE NO
MATTER WHERE WE'RE WE'RE LIVING
.WE HAVE ABOUT A MINUTE LEFT.
SO YOU FOUND THIS PROBLEM
LOOKED INTO IT'S A PERVASIVE
ONE. WHAT ARE SOME POSSIBLE
SOLUTIONS HERE? HOW HOW DO WE
MAKE POLICING BETTER FOR THE
COMMUNITY AND LESS FOCUSED ON
THESE RACIAL GROUPS? YEAH,
ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN I THINK THAT
THE ANSWER THAT QUESTION
DEFINITELY DEPENDS ON WHO YOU
ASK BUT COMMUNITY GROUPS FOR A
LONG TIME HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING
FOR JUST LESS INTERACTION FROM
POLICE. THERE IS BEEN A BIG
PUSH TO GET RID OF CERTAIN
KINDS OF STOPS, PARTICULARLY
PRETEXT STOPS, WHICH IS WHEN AN
OFFICER MAY PULL OVER SOMEBODY
FOR LIKE A MINOR TRAFFIC
VIOLATION IN THE COURSE OF SOME
SORT OF INVESTIGATORY DUTY.
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PUSHING TO GET
RID OF THINGS LIKE CONSENSUAL
SEARCHES. WHICH DATA HAS SHOWN
IS DONE MORE OFTEN ON GROUPS
OF COLOR? WE ACTUALLY FOUND
THAT IN OUR ANALYSIS AS WELL.
BUT THERE ARE LARGER SOLUTIONS.
I MEAN WE HAVE POLICE GROUPS
HERE WHO HAVE BEEN TALKING
ABOUT HOW IN ORDER TO REALLY
CREATE CHANGE YOU NEED TO YOU
NEED TO FUNDAMENTALLY SUPPORT
PEOPLE ON A DEEPER LEVEL. YOU
NEED TO ADDRESS HOUSING,
EDUCATION AND THEN IN OUR THREE
MINUTES HERE WE'RE NOT GOING TO
BE ABLE TO GET INTO THIS HUGE
WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE BUT THEY
WILL BE ABLE TO SEE IT OUR
VIEWERS STARTING ON SUNDAY.
IT'S A THREE PART SERIES CALLED
COLOR OF AUTHORITY LINDSAY
WINKLING WITH THE SAN DIEGO
UNION