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Two-thirds of people banned from BART are black — and agency isn’t asking why
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | July 6, 2018 | Ted Andersen

Posted on 07/06/2018 5:51:42 PM PDT by artichokegrower

Two-thirds of the people BART banished from its property last year were black, and a committee the agency set up to monitor potential civil rights violations in the unique exclusion program isn’t scrutinizing the racial disparity.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: blacks; blm; bluezones; urban
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To: artichokegrower

The Agency doesn’t have to ask

Everyone knows why


41 posted on 07/06/2018 7:47:57 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (Call RedHen (540) 464-4401 and make no-show reservations)
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To: artichokegrower

Well, of course, there’s this:
“At the same time, advocates and police officials have raised concern that civilians who report crimes and suspicious behavior to police harbor bias.”

But then again, there’s this:
“The orders most commonly stemmed from offenses at the West Oakland Station and Powell Street Station in San Francisco, followed by the Hayward Station and the Lake Merritt and Coliseum stations in Oakland, records show.”

““Our data shows that 94 percent of those who get prohibition orders adhere to (them),” she said. “This shows the system is a safer place with prohibition orders.”


42 posted on 07/06/2018 8:06:31 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
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To: tomkat
Perhaps they don’t ask because they already know ?

Exactly. Their color is only noteworthy; not the cause of them being banned. They did something to be banned. Now if they want to have a conversation about why so many are black; we can do that too but it's otherwise irrelevant to keeping the passengers safe on the transits.

43 posted on 07/06/2018 8:06:32 PM PDT by Boomer (Leftism is the Mental/Moral Equivalent of End Stage Cancer)
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To: Mears

Beaten And Robbed Today


44 posted on 07/06/2018 8:06:41 PM PDT by SirLurkedalot (10/10/51-7/7/16 RIP Dad, I'll be missing you until I cross over to Eternity)
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To: SirLurkedalot

LOL!!!


45 posted on 07/06/2018 8:23:50 PM PDT by YouGoTexasGirl
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To: SirLurkedalot

We will NEVER ride BART again at night. We escaped one night from druggies who were threatening everyone on the cars. Prayed for an angel to shield us and get us through the tunnel unharmed.

Now, they’d get a little pepper-mace spray facial!


46 posted on 07/06/2018 8:26:58 PM PDT by YouGoTexasGirl
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To: YouGoTexasGirl

The last time I took BART (years ago, to see a Giants game with several friends) was quite an experience. A small group of “youths” were making their way down our car, harrassing our fellow riders at random. When they started with us my ex-BIL (off-duty cop) displayed his pistol and badge, said something menacing, and they moved on.


47 posted on 07/06/2018 9:03:35 PM PDT by SirLurkedalot (10/10/51-7/7/16 RIP Dad, I'll be missing you until I cross over to Eternity)
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To: Drew68

BART riders are maybe 10% black, 40% white and 50% asian, hispanic. BART was built in 1970, I started riding in 1985, Sunday mornings have people praying the rosary, Friday evenings have BART conductors joking with the party crowd, and every day you can see the coolest bicycles on the planet.


48 posted on 07/06/2018 9:06:54 PM PDT by Falconspeed ("Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94))
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To: artichokegrower

I’ll take why are black people such assholes for $200 please


49 posted on 07/06/2018 10:02:10 PM PDT by Professional
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To: artichokegrower
Two-thirds of the people BART banished from its property last year were black, and a committee the agency set up to monitor potential civil rights violations in the unique exclusion program isn’t scrutinizing the racial disparity.

Can I take a wild guess ?
Huh?

Can I?
Can I?

50 posted on 07/06/2018 10:16:53 PM PDT by publius911 (Rule by Fiat-Obama's a Phone and a Pen)
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To: Kozak
just like they won’t let the public see all videos of crimes on BART because it would destroy the narrative.

Also because it would reduce the number of paying customers, and *poof* there goes their next 10% annual raise...

51 posted on 07/06/2018 10:21:51 PM PDT by publius911 (Rule by Fiat-Obama's a Phone and a Pen)
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To: Kickass Conservative

Outside of the great society, LBJ was not the liberal you think he was......he told Eisenhower on the phone that the hard left taking over the Democrat party would destroy America...he hated the left and he was right


52 posted on 07/06/2018 10:24:10 PM PDT by Archie Bunker on steroids
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To: Kickass Conservative
#26: "Half of the Violent Crime in this Country is committed by 5% of the Population, Black Males aged 15 and over."

No surprise there.
 

53 posted on 07/06/2018 10:33:49 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (MAGA in the mornin', MAGA in the evenin', MAGA at suppertime . . .)
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To: Falconspeed
#48: "BART riders are maybe 10% black, 40% white and 50% asian, hispanic. BART was built in 1970, I started riding in 1985, Sunday mornings have people praying the rosary, Friday evenings have BART conductors joking with the party crowd, and every day you can see the coolest bicycles on the planet."

Are you describing a nightmare?
 

54 posted on 07/06/2018 10:36:24 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (MAGA in the mornin', MAGA in the evenin', MAGA at suppertime . . .)
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To: Drew68

You made me wonder. I looked it up:

Page 15 of the BART REPORT:

12 to 15% are African-American or Negro.


55 posted on 07/06/2018 10:45:48 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I love Bull Markets!)
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To: Trillian

how many are repeat offenders ?

and for what behavior ? ie- maybe for defecating on the Bart Property ?

what percentage of the population in the locations they are ‘banned’ are ‘black’ ??

how many of these are not even riders ?

perhaps certain people think they have special privileges and have been ‘enabled’ and just keep pushing.


56 posted on 07/07/2018 3:49:55 AM PDT by elbook
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To: Falconspeed; BunnySlippers

Thanks for the info. Having never been to San Francisco, I just assumed the ridership was largely black only based on what I’ve seen elsewhere.


57 posted on 07/07/2018 4:42:38 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: BunnySlippers

Assuming folks can trust BART’s numbers.


58 posted on 07/07/2018 5:05:49 AM PDT by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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To: BunnySlippers
BART's Board of Dirctors

Whoaaaakay....

59 posted on 07/07/2018 5:07:54 AM PDT by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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To: mewzilla
BART's so-called Citizen Police Review Board

Snort.

60 posted on 07/07/2018 5:10:11 AM PDT by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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