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The Stop Rate Analyst's View

Thank you Dr. RH -----Original Message----- From: Cordner, Gary [ mailto:cordner@kutztown.edu ] Sent: Thursday, February 6, 2014 4:57 PM To: Richard Hylton Subject: RE: San Diego Stop Rates Hi Richard -- I will have to go back and re-read my own report to refresh my memory. In general, though, the kinds of data that we had, and analysis that we did, can document whether there are disparities in stops (although the "baseline" or "benchmark" issue is still a challenge in a border and tourist city like San Diego, so precise measurement of disparity is not so easy). What is hardest to establish, or "prove", is why? My best recollection is that we said we couldn't explain whether the disparities we found were due to so-called racial profiling or something else. Almost everybody has an opinion about what might cause it. We just admitted that we didn't have the evidence to make any scientifically valid claims about what caused it in S

DOJ Complaint

February 21, 2014 April 7, 2014 Richard Hylton 13166 Jane Court San Diego CA 92129 858.444.5874 (cell) 858-484-6330 (home) rhylton@san.rr.com hyltonrichard@gmail.com U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Office of the Assistant Attorney General, Main Washington, D.C. 20530 Federal Coordination and Compliance Section - NWB Civil Rights Division U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20530 Coordination and Review Section   Civil Rights Division   U.S. Department of Justice   P.O. Box 66560   Washington, D.C. 20035-6560 Re: The City of San Diego, Racial Profiling By Email to: askdoj@usdoj.gov Dear Attorney General; The writing of this letter was begun on February 21, 2014. Its completion was delayed as I awaited San Diego Vehicle Stop data, for 2000-2012. It was requested under California’s public records’ act. All of that data has been refused me. Hyp