The grassroots organization Stop LAPD Spying Coalition had sued the Police Department for documents about programs it claimed were racially biased.
The Stop LAPD Spying Coalition, a grassroots advocacy organization, claimed a major victory against the Los Angeles Police Department on Tuesday after the agency released key details of data policing programs that critics have called racially biased.
“What we have here is a whole bunch of targeting of communities,” Khan said. “What we have here is a whole bunch of targeting of individuals and keeping secret files with the intent of banishing them from the neighborhoods.” . About half had no arrests for gun-related crimes. Others were in custody or had been arrested for only nonviolent crimes.The coalition filed a public records request in May 2017 regarding LASER zones — areas identified as crime hot spots — and information about people listed as chronic offenders.
The hundreds of documents released include the names of 679 people listed as chronic offenders, as well as maps with micro-hot spots labeled as potential threat areas. Those include residential and commercial areas, Khan said. Of the individuals listed, Khan said 44% were black, 43% were Latino and 11% were white. Ages ranged from 16 to 69.
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