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alexandrareadsthings:
So a state audit of CalGang, a database widely used in California to identify gang members, has 42 infants listed in it. Possibly because of “typos”. People are supposed to be deleted from the system if there hasn’t been any new info in five years, but the system had hundreds of files that weren’t scheduled to be removed for more than 100 years. A review of 100 individuals from 4 different areas showed that only 13 of those entires had substantial information that warranted an entry. 70% of the juveniles added to the list were not notified, violating a 2014 state law. 85.4% of that entire database is made up of black men and Latinos. 64.9% of the people listed are Latinos.
None of this information would’ve been made public if Shirley Weber, a black assemblywoman for San Diego, hadn’t pressed her inquires. This system has allowed officers to racially profile dozens of thousands of people, label 28 babies under the age of 1 as admitting to having gang affiliations, and destroy lives. A black woman is responsible for the public discovery of this. Eliminating racial disparities in office is crucial, and this is an important example of that.
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alexandrareadsthings:
So a state audit of CalGang, a database widely used in California to identify gang members, has 42 infants listed in it. Possibly because of “typos”. People are supposed to be deleted from the system if there hasn’t been any new info in five years, but the system had hundreds of files that weren’t scheduled to be removed for more than 100 years. A review of 100 individuals from 4 different areas showed that only 13 of those entires had substantial information that warranted an entry. 70% of the juveniles added to the list were not notified, violating a 2014 state law. 85.4% of that entire database is made up of black men and Latinos. 64.9% of the people listed are Latinos.
None of this information would’ve been made public if Shirley Weber, a black assemblywoman for San Diego, hadn’t pressed her inquires. This system has allowed officers to racially profile dozens of thousands of people, label 28 babies under the age of 1 as admitting to having gang affiliations, and destroy lives. A black woman is responsible for the public discovery of this. Eliminating racial disparities in office is crucial, and this is an important example of that.
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