Silicon Valley Engineer Analyzes Traffic Stops In Extremely Rich City, Discovers Disturbing Pattern
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Kent Brewster, a front-end engineer for Pinterest, published his analysis on a website called "Profiling Atherton: The Dark Side To That Funny Little Police Blotter."
"I in no way, shape or form 'hacked' Atherton or its police department to produce this site," he wrote. All the information he used came from public records or the police blotter.
Amid noise complaints from grumpy yuppies and parking violations, he noticed a startling pattern.
- Of the 182 drivers ticketed, only two lived in Atherton.
- 96
tickets went to people living in neighboring Redwood City — 39% Hispanic. Atherton's population is 3.9% Hispanic. - Police issued 99 citations at the two main points where Redwood City touches Atherton.
More than 100 of the people ticketed were charged with misdemeanors for driving without a license. L.A. attorney Steven Rodriguez' blog calls driving without a license a "woblette," meaning prosecutors have the choice to make the offense a misdemeanor or infraction.
Misdemeanors require booking, fingerprinting, and a mugshot and could land the offender 6 months in jail and a $100 fine.
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