Sunday, September 02, 2018

Rethinking Traffic Stops

http://www.wbur.org/npr/486945181/some-police-departments-are-rethinking-traffic-stops-to-reduce-bias

"Illegal contraband is found as a result of searching white drivers significantly more than black or Hispanic drivers," Barone says.

Searches of white drivers turned up contraband 38 percent of the time. Searches of minority drivers? Around 29 percent.

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