Max Carter-Oberstone (MCO) has made the Prop 47-ization of pretext traffic stops his signature issue as a San Francisco police commissioner. Like the San Francisco Chronicle, MCO believes most traffic stops made by SFPD are racially motivated.
Lou - This is an excellent example of how cancer eats away at a body. Sometimes it can be growing, and the patient feels fine. No pain - no problem. But eventually it grows to a point where it can no longer be ignored.
In this case, I hold Chief Scott and his management team responsible for failing to clearly and concisely defend SFPD policies and procedures in a proactive manner. Simply put - SFPD stops
cars where the vehicle or driver present a concern to the officer for safety; whether than is a broken brake light or other mechanical issue, or the diver being distracted. Safety is the key. If Black or other
non-White drivers are being stopped more frequently, that suggests they are breaking DMV laws more frequently.
These so called reporters you mentioned appear to not be bound by any ethics that might prevent them from writing stories that damage their preferred view of the world.
When I was a kid our parents used to buy two different news papers, and we used them to line
our metal garbage cans. Now we use plastic trash bags instead, and won't pay for the trash the papers see fit to print!
Lou - This is an excellent example of how cancer eats away at a body. Sometimes it can be growing, and the patient feels fine. No pain - no problem. But eventually it grows to a point where it can no longer be ignored.
In this case, I hold Chief Scott and his management team responsible for failing to clearly and concisely defend SFPD policies and procedures in a proactive manner. Simply put - SFPD stops
cars where the vehicle or driver present a concern to the officer for safety; whether than is a broken brake light or other mechanical issue, or the diver being distracted. Safety is the key. If Black or other
non-White drivers are being stopped more frequently, that suggests they are breaking DMV laws more frequently.
These so called reporters you mentioned appear to not be bound by any ethics that might prevent them from writing stories that damage their preferred view of the world.
When I was a kid our parents used to buy two different news papers, and we used them to line
our metal garbage cans. Now we use plastic trash bags instead, and won't pay for the trash the papers see fit to print!