San Jose

SJPD Data Shows Officers Pull Over More Blacks, Latinos: Report

Police data is showing South Bay police officers are pulling over more blacks and Latinos compared to other races, according to the San Jose Mercury News.

They looked at police activity from January to September. The report shows although blacks and Latinos make up about one-third of the city's population, those groups made up nearly two-thirds of the traffic stops.

Once stopped, blacks and Latinos were significantly more likely to be ordered out of their vehicles, frisked, and have their cars searched. But only 6-percent of all those stopped were arrested.

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