In an effort to stop perpetuating racial stereotypes, San Francisco’s police department will largely not make public the mug shots of people who have been arrested, according to a report
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Sunday, May 31, 2020, the third day of Bay Area unrest over the George Floyd killing in Minneapolis.
Mugshots, or booking photos, are made when someone is arrested and often are made public before it is determined if the person will be prosecuted.as saying “black and brown people in disadvantaged communities,” were more likely to have their photos publicized than people in more affluent neighborhoods.
Police departments are not alone in expressing concern that wide distribution of mugshots helps perpetuate stereotypes: journalism think-tanknoted that several newspapers have stopped running “galleries” of mugshots as they reevaluate their crime coverage. While some newsrooms have stopped displaying mugshot galleries, many say they still will use mugshots in crime stories, Poynter said.“We’ve come to realize that without context, the galleries have little journalistic value and may have reinforced negative stereotypes.”Some websites post photos of mug shots and charge a fee to those who try to get the photos taken down.
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