African American and Hispanic suspects represent higher percentages of those arrested and booked into county jail than their overall representation in Contra Costa County, according to a report Sheriff David Livingston gave to the county Board of Supervisors this week.
Fulfilling a request from supervisors during his last quarterly report earlier this year, Livingston’s report showed that during the second quarter ending June 30, African Americans represented 28% of those booked into county jail, but make up only 8% of the county’s population.
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