"In Los Angeles, every single time data is collected on pretextual traffic stops, they are grossly racially biased. The council president stated that 85% of such stops in LA are of black and brown drivers, emphasizing the pattern of racial bias in traffic enforcement practices."
"The first question was, roll down your windows. The second question was, how do you have this vehicle? The third question was, well, you work for the city. What job do you do for the city? Harris-Dawson described the sequence of questions asked during the traffic stop on the corner of Main and 25th Street."
"It was traumatic on Wednesday as when I was 16. Harris-Dawson characterized his recent traffic stop experience as deeply traumatic, drawing a parallel to a traumatic incident from his youth."
During a Los Angeles City Council meeting on pretextual traffic stops, Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson described being pulled over and suggested racial bias motivated the stop. He stated that 85% of pretextual traffic stops in LA involve black and brown drivers and characterized his experience as traumatic. Harris-Dawson recounted being questioned about his vehicle ownership and city employment during the stop. However, LAPD subsequently clarified that Harris-Dawson was actually stopped by LA School Police for a traffic violation in a school zone, not by LAPD officers as he had implied during his testimony.
Read at California Post
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]