https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/06/23/opinion-at-gunpoint-police-handcuffed-me-because-of-a-license-reader-error/

Combine old-style racism with new surveillance technology such as automatic license-plate readers and the results can be terrifying, if not deadly. Especially if you’re driving while Black in the Bay Area.

As the director of a racial justice organization, I knew the dismal statistics. But one Saturday early last year, my family became another link in the story: My wife and I, along with our two daughters and a friend, were returning from a hike on Mt. Diablo when we were stopped on the road and surrounded by a slew of gun-wielding police.