California police are far more likely to use force against homeless residents, new data shows
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- Publish Date:
- February 3, 2026
- Author(s):
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- Egelko, Bob
- Source:
- San Francisco Chronicle
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Summary
Another likely reason homeless people are stopped so often is that “they may engage in allegedly erratic behavior, which police will say justifies an inference of some kind of threat of harm or drug possession,” said Robert Weisberg, a Stanford law professor and co-director of the school’s Criminal Justice Center.
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