I think it's a harmful police tactic and the anger and distrust it fuels far outweigh the relatively rare occasions when a more serious crime is discovered.
They were search almost 3X as frequently. And narcotics were seized in approximately 1.3% of all traffic stops, and weapons or ammunition seized in 0.6% of all traffic stops.
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And the SFDA office's policy is limited. They have "a presumption against filing possession of contraband crimes when the search stemmed from an infraction-related stop, and no other independent probable cause (such as observed contraband in plain view)"https://drive.google.com/file/d/1O5GqKD76M7ystoWaOnKnWnsne9D-hMx0/view …
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The point I'm trying to make is that pretextual stops have targeted black people more than others in SF. They aren't a precise or particularly effective tool. And they feed distrust, which makes it harder to solve crimes and hold those responsible accountable.
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