Study: Blacks, Latinos fare worse in traffic stops

Study: Blacks, Latinos fare worse in traffic stops, but Paris Hilton fares the worst.


This is from the LA Times.

WASHINGTON — Black, Latino and white drivers are equally likely to be pulled over by police, but the black and Latino drivers are more likely to be searched and arrested, a Justice Department study found.

Police are more likely to threaten or use force against blacks and Latinos than against whites in any encounter, traffic stop or not, the study said.

About 9% of drivers in the U.S. were stopped by police in 2005, it said.


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