Not that it would do any good anyway; San Francisco cops no longer investigate property crimes, but still ....

are they saying that if your bike was stolen, it was probably stolen by a colored person? Why, yes. yes, I believe they are

San Francisco Bicycle Coalition says not to call police about stolen bikes “because it hurts Black and brown people”. NottheBee’s Cardinal Pritchard asks the only question that really matters here: “why is ‘Black’ capitalized, and not ‘brown’?”, but then kindly proceeds to pass along the Coalition’s whine:

Bike Theft and Policing:

Black and brown people are often deeply harmed or even killed by interactions with the police, and the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition decided in 2020 to end any formal relationship with SFPD. Because policing is interwoven into nearly all current solutions to bike theft, some of our recommendations do involve minimal contact with the police, but we identify those and try to propose alternatives. We encourage everyone to consider the potential impact to human life of involving the police in any situation.

A note about registries such as SafeBikes.org and BikeIndex.org:

These bike registries allow owners to register their bike's make, model, and serial number, to help reconnect recovered bikes with their original owners. However, they also rely on the police for recovery, offering police departments increased access to registry information — which raises privacy concerns — and soliciting close police partnerships. Because both services rely heavily on the police to find and recover bikes, which may put Black and brown lives at risk, we do not recommend them.