Critics say police target minorities more than white protesters over social distancing.
Two days later, the California Highway Patrol pulled the plug on demonstrations in its jurisdiction"until public health officials have determined it is safe to gather again," it said in a statement.
Rev. Shane Harris, CEO of the San Diego-based People's Alliance for Justice, said he noted the disparity to the San Diego Police Department, which subsequently announced the organizer of April 18's downtown protest would be"People in Otay Mesa were cited for gathering in their cars," he said, while downtown demonstrators walked in close proximity to each other."That to me is what you call biased enforcement.
Melina Abdullah, a professor of Pan-African Studies at California State University Los Angeles and co-founder of Los Angeles' Black Lives Matter chapter, says African Americans in South Los Angeles have been stopped by police for failing to wear to wear masks and for allegedly violating social distancing rules at markets.The criticism comes at a time when African Americans are being
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