Crime & Safety
ACLU: State Police Traffic Stops Are Racially Biased
In 2009 Latino drivers were three times more likely to be subjected to a consent search than white drivers.
The Illinois branch of the American Civil Liberties Union has asked the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the Illinois State Police for what it calls a “dramatic” discrimination in traffic stop practices, according to the Huffington Post.
Public data show that minority drivers are disproportionately targeted in “consent searches,” where police officers ask to search a vehicle without sufficient legal evidence.
According to the article, in 2009, Latino drivers were three times more likely to be subjected to a consent search than white drivers were.
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The complete Huffington Post article: ACLU: Illinois State Police Show Racial Bias in Traffic Stops.
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