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http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/20...illance-videos-of-crime-to-avoid-stereotypes/
Statement for justification refusal to release surveillance video:
The terminology used is very telling of what is happening. Won't stop the "stereotyping" and will only keep the BART less safe. San Fran will only learn when it starts costing them money.
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — In the last three months, there have been at least three robberies on BART involving groups of teenagers.
“I think people are genuinely concerned — they are fearful about the stories that have come out about the recent attacks, the assaults, the thefts,” said Debora Allen, who is a member of the BART Board of Directors.
April 22: Forty to sixty kids boarded a train at the Coliseum stop and robbed seven passengers, beating up two;
June 28: A group of four kids assaulted a passenger and made off with a cell phone at Dublin; and
June 30: A woman on a train with about a dozen teenagers had her phone snatched by one them before the group got off at the Coliseum stop. Thankfully, a good Samaritan was on hand to retrieve the phone.
Statement for justification refusal to release surveillance video:
“To release these videos would create a high level of racially insensitive commentary toward the district,” she was told. “And in addition it would create a racial bias in the riders against minorities on the trains.”
The terminology used is very telling of what is happening. Won't stop the "stereotyping" and will only keep the BART less safe. San Fran will only learn when it starts costing them money.