Editor’s Note: This is the second part of a two-part story on the recent release of a study, paid for by the city of Sacramento and conducted by researcher John Lamberth, examining whether the Sacramento Police Department racially profiled citizens when stopping, detaining or arresting local residents. To read part one, click here.

The previous column brings me to my next issue with accusations of racial profiling: Affirmative Action. Affirmative Action assumes that blacks and Latinos are disproportionately disadvantaged. Because of this, California and nearly all other states and institutions dependent on the government, as well as regulated by it, are required to offer special attention and extra advantages to blacks and Latinos in jobs, education, promotions, etc.

The irony is that one segment of government is leveling the playing field by grossly “accounting” for race, while another segment of government is supposedly “racist” because it is taking race into account in order to provide public safety. What’s the message? That it is illegal to racially profile if you are in law enforcement, but please do use race to profile and falsely benefit minorities if you are hiring, promoting one employee over another or admitting a student into college. Is anyone else confused?

According to population records, in Sacramento, approximately 40 percent of African American males are in or have been in jail and/or prison and are on or have been on probation.

Latinos are also highly disproportionately represented in the criminal justice system, with 20 percent of all Federal prisons and nearly 40 percent of California prisons housing Mexican illegal aliens.

Unfortunately, blacks and Latinos are more often victims of crime, proving that race-on-race violence is a horrific problem. And the identification of these “suspects” is from the victims, not the police.

In light of this massive disparity in crime rates, the police stop-and-frisk data is near inevitable.

The Problem with PC
If Sacramento Mayor Heather Fargo and the Sacramento City Council sincerely cared about race issues or the citizens of Sacramento, they would have gotten tough on crime eight years ago and saved the city. Instead, because of her agenda-driven manipulations, she will likely cause more race-on-race crime in this city’s toughest neighborhoods as the police begin “depolicing” to avoid being labeled “racists.”

Are there police officers that abuse the badge and treat people unfairly and unjustly? Absolutely. However, Sacramento Chief of Police Rick Braziel should be allowed to deal harshly with the few abusers in his department, without elected politicians second-guessing his every move.

It has become standard practice to hire consultants to do the work of the elected officials and the government. Consultants just like John Lamberth shakedown cities by preying on incompetent fools like Mayor Fargo and the Sacramento City Council. It’s a win-win for politicians: Fargo, as with most of her kind, has no problem hiring expensive consulting firms to further her personal agenda, and the consultant gets paid to produce the results that then further the political career of the politicians.

Sacramento residents should be livid about this study and the subsequent slandering of our police department, as should Braziel. Only the neighborhoods like Oak Park, which has greatly benefited from Community Based Policing and actually reduced crime under this system, will realize the damage from this study: dramatically increased crime once again. Felons are not evenly distributed across society’s demographic groups.

Where racism really occurs, is when crime is ignored when police retreat because of mandated political correctness.

Tell us what you think of the city-sponsored, taxpayer-funded racial profiling study—email . Are officers with the Sacramento Police Department fair when dealing with local residents? Alternatively, are they unfairly targeting drivers? Share your story.