After a Times investigation showing that LAPD’s elite Metropolitan Division pulled over black drivers at a rate more than five times their share of the city’s population, Mayor Eric Garcetti ordered the LAPD to scale back on vehicle stops.
Metro’s motto, “Earn Your Reputation,” is carved on wooden plaques hanging on the walls of the division’s headquarters in Westlake.
In a city that is 9% black, 49% of the drivers stopped by Metro since the expansion were black, the Times investigation found. Until then, Garcetti and other officials had touted Metro as a key reason why crime in South L.A. had recently stabilized. Another factor, Moore said, was a new emphasis on tracking down specific suspects instead of stopping random motorists.
Alberto Retana, president and CEO of Community Coalition, attended the meeting with Moore, which the chief said would be the first in a series. Retana said his group’s goal remains to get Metro out of South L.A. In an interview before the conference call, Kato said that Metro stops a large number of black drivers because many violent crime suspects are black.
Last year, Metro officers seized more than 700 guns and made 576 gun arrests, mostly initiated through vehicle and pedestrian stops. Two-thirds of the suspects had prior arrests for assault, burglary, robbery or weapons, according to the LAPD. Tippet, the Metro captain, agreed, saying that Latino gangs are “not that active” in South L.A., while black gangs are “deeply embedded.”
It is legal for police officers to use a traffic stop as a pretext to look for other crimes. But an overly broad definition of a criminal suspect can raise constitutional concerns, said Peter Bibring, senior staff attorney at the ACLU of Southern California and director of police practices for the ACLU of California.“What they can’t do is assume that because some people who are black in the neighborhood have committed crimes, that everybody should be stopped,” Bibring said.
France Dernières Nouvelles, France Actualités
Similar News:Vous pouvez également lire des articles d'actualité similaires à celui-ci que nous avons collectés auprès d'autres sources d'information.
Some ex-Obama aides see former president in young Indiana mayorHere are the stories our panel of top political reporters will be watching for in the week ahead, in this week's 'Inside Politics' forecast.
Lire la suite »
'Mayor Pete' joins 2020 Dem race as face of new generationPete Buttigieg, the little-known Indiana mayor who has risen to prominence in the early stages of the 2020 Democratic presidential race, made his official campaign entrance Sunday by claiming the mantle of youthful generation ready to reshape the country. More than a little bold, at age 37, to seek
Lire la suite »
'Mayor Pete' joins 2020 Dem race as face of new generationSOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Pete Buttigieg, the little-known Indiana mayor who has risen to prominence in the early stages of the 2020 Democratic presidential race, made his official campaign entrance...
Lire la suite »
Pete Buttigieg Is Officially Running To Be America’s Mayor“Washington politicians and pundits talk about mayors like we’re a different species. And you know what? Maybe they’re right.”
Lire la suite »
Millennial 'Mayor Pete' Buttigieg makes case for U.S. presidencyPete Buttigieg, the millennial-aged mayor of South Bend, Indiana, who has enjoye...
Lire la suite »
Seattle Mayor Responds to President Trump: My City 'Isn't Afraid of Immigrants'Seattle mayor responds to President Trump: My city 'isn't afraid of immigrants'
Lire la suite »
'Mayor Pete' joins 2020 Dem race as face of new generation'It is time to walk away from the politics of the past and toward something totally different.' Millennial 'Mayor Pete' Buttigieg makes case for US presidency
Lire la suite »
Inside Buttigieg's breakout in the 2020 race - Reuters TVPete Buttigieg, the Democratic mayor of South Bend, Indiana, has stunned campaign veterans with his emergence from the 2020 ranks, even as he clashes with Vice President Mike Pence over his views on the LGBTQ community. Campaign reporter Jim Oliphant takes a look .
Lire la suite »