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A chart from the Mill Valley Force for Racial Equity and Empowerment’s report analyzing police detention rates in Mill Valley last year found that Blacks were 6.5 times more likely than whites to be detained. Latinx subjects had a similarly high detainment ratio, more than three times that of whites. (Image courtesy of MVFREE)

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A report by the Mill Valley Force for Racial Equity and Empowerment analyzing police traffic stop data found that people of color are treated very differently from white people by police in Mill Valley, with race a strong influencer of who gets detained and how they are treated while in police custody. (Image courtesy of MVFREE)

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