Article snippet: Posted at 10:30 pm on July 10, 2017 by Kira Davis The Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) authority is refusing to release surveillance videos involving a recent spate of robberies committed at BART stations in the last three months. Their reasoning? They don’t want to perpetuate negative stereotypes of minorities. Despite the heightened threat to the public, BART authorities continue to withhold video of the attacks from the press, citing concerns that they would be aiding negativity towards minorities, although they failed to identify which minorities are in question. CBS interviewed BART Board of Directors member Debora Allen, who said releasing the videos would be “racially insensitive.” She says she inquired about the directive and was told higher-ups were worried about being accused of stereotyping. In an email response to her questions, Allen says BART Assistant General Manager Kerry Hamill elaborated. Just to recap – innocent, paying BART riders are being beaten and robbed but authorities don’t want to properly inform the public so they can be alert because that might make more racism. Allen says it would “create a racial bias in the riders against minorities on the trains”. Not the actual criminals. They’re not the ones creating a “racial bias” by beating and robbing people. No. It’s you dirty racists who would like to be informed of crime risks on the transportation you pay for dearly in one of the most expensive cities in the nations. Link to the full article to read more