Berkeley city council votes to ban police stops for low-level offenses, other reforms

February 23 2021

From the article: "...The reforms follow earlier efforts by the city to reimagine the role law enforcement following high-profile police killings around the country.

Mayor Jesse Arreguin has advocated for the changes following a report by the non-profit Center for Policing Equity that found black people were six-and-a-half times more likely to be stopped while driving than white people.

The report found that Hispanics were twice as likely to be stopped than white people. What’s more, African Americans were searched four times more often, and Hispanics were searched three times more often, than white people, according to the report...."

By Erin Sernoffsky

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