Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Profiling

The Rosa Parks Station in Watts, looking toward Long Beach. Sahra Sulaiman/Streetsblog L.A.

Strategy Center Files Lawsuit Seeking Arrest, Citation, and Deployment Data from Metro, Law Enforcement Agencies

By Sahra Sulaiman | Dec 19, 2017 | No Comments

Metro and law enforcement agencies fail to adequately respond to requests for public records

Police stopped Patrick Harmon for riding his bike without a rear light. When he attempted to flee, officer Clinton Fox shot him three times in the back. Photo: The Harmon family via the Guardian

Utah Police Shooting Underscores the Added Threat Facing Black People on Bikes

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 9, 2017 | No Comments

Police stopped Patrick Harmon for riding his bike without a rear light. When he attempted to flee, officer Clinton Fox shot him three times in the back.

Murals commemorating Black struggles along Crenshaw Blvd. Sahra Sulaiman/Streetsblog L.A.

Twitter Chat on #Untokening of Mobility Advocacy Explores Costs of Tokenization

By Sahra Sulaiman | Oct 4, 2017 | No Comments

"But whatever you do," the head of the history department told me, "do not use words like 'multicultural.' Parents will call to ask what on earth we're teaching their kids."

Redlining had its deepest impacts in areas of South L.A., Central L.A., and the Eastside. The book, The Color of Law, by Richard Rothstein, details how redlining was just one of many ways in which policy was used to enforce segregation. Source: HOLC

America Walks “Walking Toward Justice” Webinar: The Color of Law & Residential Segregation

By Sahra Sulaiman | Sep 29, 2017 | No Comments

The important and timely book, The Color of Law, addresses the myth that segregation in our metropolitan areas evolved naturally and therefore cannot be remedied through policy. No: segregation is the product of explicit federal, state, and local policy designed to both insulate whites and give them a leg up in the process.