The San Francisco Police Department has been falsely claiming arrest rates of the minorities in San Francisco. As stated by California Watch SFPD, the 2012 winner of the Online News Association for Best Investigative Reporting, has incarcerated many people of color yet marking them as caucasian to try to balance the percentage of arrest rates. Due to this many people of color that have been incarcerated and have gone undetected as their actual race. The organization states, According to the reported data, African Americans are arrested at a much higher rate than whites. But by misclassifying Latinos, the department has inflated the number of whites arrested, indicating that the gap between the arrest rates for whites and blacks is even wider.
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Main examples of these forms of unfairness can be found in San Francisco where there is a higher arrest rate in minorities than cities with higher crime rates like Oakland. California Watch, an independent organization, stated that according to the reported data, African Americans are arrested at a much higher rate than whites. But by misclassifying Latinos, the department has inflated the number of whites arrested, indicating that the gap between the arrest rates for whites and blacks is even wider.2 The quote provided evidence that in San Francisco there are more arrests to people of color than the caucasian ethnic group. This then shows the effects of a racially biased society that the people of the bay area faces. Adding to the fact that San Francisco is facing racism in their community so are other parts of the bay area. The journalists from KQED states that Alameda County is 12 percent African-American. We have Santa Rita jail — it’s the third-largest jail in California, the fifth largest jail in the nation. It holds about 4,000 people — and it’s 54 percent African-American.3 The quote is also an example of the minorities are being arrested in such high rates when African Americans only make up 27% of the Alameda
Main examples of these forms of unfairness can be found in San Francisco where there is a higher arrest rate in minorities than cities with higher crime rates like Oakland. California Watch, an independent organization, stated that according to the reported data, African Americans are arrested at a much higher rate than whites. But by misclassifying Latinos, the department has inflated the number of whites arrested, indicating that the gap between the arrest rates for whites and blacks is even wider.2 The quote provided evidence that in San Francisco there are more arrests to people of color than the caucasian ethnic group. This then shows the effects of a racially biased society that the people of the bay area faces. Adding to the fact that San Francisco is facing racism in their community so are other parts of the bay area. The journalists from KQED states that Alameda County is 12 percent African-American. We have Santa Rita jail — it’s the third-largest jail in California, the fifth largest jail in the nation. It holds about 4,000 people — and it’s 54 percent African-American.3 The quote is also an example of the minorities are being arrested in such high rates when African Americans only make up 27% of the Alameda