Racial bias and sheriff

At a time that racial bias in policing is under scrutiny, a report released Friday found that sheriff's deputies in the Antelope Valley were involved in a disproportionate number of "contempt of cop" charges involving minority suspects.Troy Anderson in the Daily News.

The report by Special Counsel Merrick Bobb examined the role race plays in policing, particularly whether deputies may misinterpret frustration and anger by minorities as threatening or potentially violent.

In the analysis, Bobb examined cases where deputies made arrests for resisting arrest, obstructing a peace officer or battery on a police officer without injury - charges colloquially known as "contempt of cop."