Texas State patrol searches minority drivers more frequently than whites
Monday, August 30, 2004 at 02:11PM
TheSpook
Last year in Texas, black and Hispanic drivers were searched more than
one and a half times more often than white drivers after a traffic
stop, according to statistics from the Texas Criminal Justice Reform
Coalition. The group joined the American Civil Liberties Union and the
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People of Texas to
compile a report on state law-enforcement's racial profiling data. In
cases where tickets were given, blacks were searched one and a half
times more often than whites, but Hispanics were searched more than
twice as often as whites. Although statistics suggest that the Texas
Department of Public Safety patrol officers are targeting minorities
for searches, the DPS says that it does no such thing. [more ]
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