One has to give credit to Al Jazeera. You don't see this being discussed in the media over here.
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/20...bland.html
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/20...bland.html
Quote:Sandra Bland, Samuel DuBose and the rise of ‘vehicular stop and frisk’
Racially based stops for minor traffic violations on the rise because of court action and police practice, say activists
Quote:Numerous studies have suggested that the discretionary powers allowed under pretextual stops have resulted in black and Latino drivers’ being disproportionately targeted.
A Department of Justice study issued in 2013 found that 52 percent of stops for black drivers were for minor traffic violations, versus 34 percent for white drivers. For 18 percent of black drivers, no reason was given for the stops, while only 8 percent of white drivers weren’t given explanations.
The same study showed that a black motorist is about 31 percent more likely to be pulled over than a white person behind the wheel and about 23 percent more likely than a Hispanic driver.
Carl Williams, a racial justice attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, refers to the phenomena as a “vehicular stop and frisk.”