LAPD shut down two predictive policing programs amid public outcry. A new program shares much of the flaws

Documents show how data-driven policing programs reinforced harmful patterns, fueling the over-policing of Black and brown communities

The Los Angeles police department has been a pioneer in predictive policing, for years touting avant-garde programs that use historical data and software to predict future crime.

But newly revealed public documents detail how PredPol and Operation Laser, the department's flagship data-driven programs, validated existing patterns of policing and reinforced decisions to patrol certain people and communities over others, leading to the over-policing of Black and brown communities in the metropole.