Report: Police In S.F. Stop Blacks, Latinos More

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A year-long investigation by a panel of retired judges found San Francisco police officers disproportionately stop and search African-Americans and Latinos and that the department lacks robust oversight.

The three-judge panel was put together by District Attorney George Gascon after a series of racists and homophobic text messages exchanged by 14 police officers were made public in April 2015. The panel's non-binding findings were released Monday.

The judges' report found blacks and Latinos were searched without consent at higher rates than white and Asians. It also found complaints rarely resulted in disciplinary consequences.

The report comes as the police departments across the nation grapple with tensions with communities of color following the police shootings of black men in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and suburban St. Paul, Minnesota, and the civilian shooting in Dallas that killed five police officers.