BART Withholding Surveillance Videos Of Crime To Avoid ‘Stereotypes’

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“To release these videos would create a high level of racially insensitive commentary toward the district,” she was told. “And in addition it would create a racial bias in the riders against minorities on the trains.”

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So I'm guessing the perpetrators were white then?

They would put people in danger by not releasing the videos of those committing crimes so people would know who to look out for, in the name of not hurting peoples feelings.

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'Disproportionate elevation of crimes on transit interfaces with local media in such a way to unfairly affect and characterize riders of color, leading to sweeping generalizations in media reports and a high level of racially insensitive commentary directed toward the District through our social media channels, email, and call centers,' the memo, obtained by KPIX, read.

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'If we were to regularly feed the news media video of crimes on our system that involve minority suspects, we would certainly face questions as to why we were sensationalizing relatively.'

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'What is the priority of BART? Is the safety of the passenger — of all passengers — is that a lesser priority than the race bias issue?

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