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San Francisco residents press Police Commission over alleged racial profiling, demand moratorium on checkpoints and car seizures
Summary
Dozens of immigrant-rights advocates and residents told the Police Commission they face racial profiling, seizures of IDs and vehicles, and referrals to ICE; the commission pledged follow-up hearings and urged filing complaints with the Office of Citizen Complaints.
Dozens of community members and immigrant-rights advocates urged the San Francisco Police Commission on Wednesday to investigate what they called widespread racial profiling by the San Francisco Police Department, and to halt traffic and pedestrian checkpoints and vehicle confiscations until investigators can determine whether enforcement targets immigrants and low-income residents.
Speakers described a pattern of stops that included confiscation of identification and cars, long impound fees and deportation referrals to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Renice Aucedo of La Raza Centro Legal and the San Francisco Day Labor Program told the commission she believes the…
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