06/13/2026
Black San Diegans are 9x more likely than white residents to be charged with only resisting an officer—without any underlying crime alleged.
Last year, SDPD pulled over Shaheed Price while he was driving home from a football game with his children. He questioned the stop, said he didn’t feel safe, and was ordered out of the car. Officers handcuffed him and his two kids, then jailed him for one charge: resisting an officer.
According to his attorney, SDPD never cited him for a traffic violation.
City data show more than 1,300 stand-alone resisting cases from 2024–2025. Black residents were about 9 times more likely than white residents to face these charges, and most cases were never prosecuted.
When “resisting” becomes the charge instead of evidence of a crime, it raises serious questions about policing, discretion, and racial bias in San Diego.
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