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Racial disparities drop in criminal justice system after Prop. 47, study says [sfchronicle.com]

Alicia Doktor 1/31/181:17 PM

Significant racial disparities between African Americans and white people caught up in San Francisco’s criminal justice system have narrowed in the three-plus years since statewide Proposition 47 reduced some nonviolent felonies to misdemeanors, according to a study released Thursday.

San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón, one of the state’s biggest advocates for the proposition, commissioned the grant-funded report.

“I’m pleased we learned that the work we are doing is being done on an equal basis, but I recognize there is still disproportionality,” Gascón said. “Now we have seen the results, we can continue to evolve in what we are doing.”

[For more on this story by Evan Sernoffsky, go to http://www.sfchronicle.com/bay...justice-12523225.php]

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Daisy OzimMember

Racial disparities didn't drop... there are literally less than 3% black people in SF and with gentrification, even less latino folks. Lets be accurate with our data. San Francisco is still one of the most racists criminal justice systems in the country. With a sheriff who has promised to work with ICE...

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