Gladwyn d’Souza<p>Police don’t have to tell drivers the real reason they’re being stopped. That’s about to change <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/california-police-stop-18215218.php" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sfchronicle.com/politics/artic</span><span class="invisible">le/california-police-stop-18215218.php</span></a> </p><p>The data has consistently shown that Black residents are far more likely than white residents to be <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/stopped" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>stopped</span></a> and <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/searched" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>searched</span></a> and less likely to be found with <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/contraband" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>contraband</span></a>.<br />If the regulation is finalized, the new data detailing how often <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>police</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/lie" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>lie</span></a> to <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/people" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>people</span></a> about the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/reason" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>reason</span></a> they were stopped would be included in the annual report.<br /><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/BrokenTaillightPolicing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BrokenTaillightPolicing</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/abolishthepolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>abolishthepolice</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/segregatedamerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>segregatedamerica</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/GeorgeFloyd" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GeorgeFloyd</span></a></p>