NPR: The San Francisco Police Department disproportionately targets people of color, a review by the Justice Department's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services has found. The 400-plus-page report found among other things: — Nine out of 11 use of deadly force incidents from 2013 to 2016 involved people of color. — Black drivers were "were disproportionately stopped compared to their representation in the driving population." — Black and Latino drivers were also disproportionately searched and arrested in comparison to white drivers. — Despite that, police were less likely to find contraband on people of color.
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