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Message: [QUOTE="triaddukefan, post: 3579012, member: 378"] This reminds me of an article in the New York Times a few years ago about a study they did on my city that appeared on the front page of the paper. [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/25/us/racial-disparity-traffic-stops-driving-black.html'] The Disproportionate Risks of Driving While Black.[/URL] [COLOR=rgb(65, 168, 95)] [FONT=tahoma]Here in North Carolina’s third-largest city, officers pulled over African-American drivers for traffic violations at a rate far out of proportion with their share of the local driving population. They used their discretion to search black drivers or their cars more than twice as often as white motorists — even though they found drugs and weapons significantly more often when the driver was white. Officers were more likely to stop black drivers for no discernible reason. And they were more likely to use force if the driver was black, even when they did not encounter physical resistance.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=rgb(40, 50, 78)][FONT=tahoma][/FONT][/COLOR] I remember about 20 years ago... I was driving home from work late one night.... and a policeman followed me home for maybe a mile.....[B][U] finally stopped me right in front of my house[/U][/B]. A little backstory......here in NC you have to get your car inspected once a year... and they put a little sticker on the vehicle tag on the back of your car... anyway... I had failed to get it inspected in due time.... so I knew why the cop was following me... but man.... he must have had good eye-sight to spot my tag :rolleyes: Anyway..... he explained why he pulled me over.... and let me off without a ticket..... i think he just gave me a citation to my car inspected within 15 days or something. I tell you what.... it was Christmas time....but I was sweating up a storm seeing that Police car behind me. Anyway... as a response to the NY Times survey.... the Police Department halted initiating traffic stops based on minor infractions such as burned out head or taillights. Even though the policy has changed... I still make sure as soon as I have a burned out light... im off to autozone or advance to get a bulb replacement. [/QUOTE]

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