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Tyreek Hill’s traffic stop revives discussion about the realities faced by Black drivers
4 months ago

Tyreek Hill’s traffic stop revives discussion about the realities faced by Black drivers

Associated Press  

MIAMI — After his traffic stop in Miami on Sunday, Tyreek Hill talked about “the talk” — instructions passed down in Black families for generations about what to do when pulled over by police. “If I wasn’t Tyreek Hill, worst-case scenario, we would have had a different article — ‘Tyreek Hill got shot in front of Hard Rock Stadium.’ That’s …

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Editorial: Stop minor traffic stops. They are an excuse to randomly search cars — and can turn deadly
1 year, 4 months ago

Editorial: Stop minor traffic stops. They are an excuse to randomly search cars — and can turn deadly

LA Times  

An enormous amount of police time and resources go into traffic patrol, in which officers pull over motorists for infractions as minor as a single nonfunctioning taillight. Opinion Editorial: The Supreme Court winks at an illegal police stop At a time of justified concern about arbitrary police stops, the Supreme Court on Monday made such harassment more likely rather than …

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Minor police encounters plummet after LAPD put limits on stopping drivers and pedestrians
2 years, 1 month ago

Minor police encounters plummet after LAPD put limits on stopping drivers and pedestrians

LA Times  

Last spring, Los Angeles police officials decided to deal with a problem. A Times analysis of LAPD records has found that in the months since the new policy went into effect, officers are stopping far fewer people for the minor violations that can mark the start of pretext stops and are conducting fewer searches during those stops. At the time …

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Police officers speak to Black drivers with less respect than White drivers, study finds
3 years, 5 months ago

Police officers speak to Black drivers with less respect than White drivers, study finds

CNN  

CNN — Police officers conduct themselves differently during traffic stops with Black and White drivers, even down to the subtlest of details, new research suggests. “One goal of this research was to see whether we would pick up on racial disparities in more subtle aspects of communication.” Using body camera footage from a month of routine traffic stops in an …

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Formula 1: Mercedes star Lewis Hamilton raises right fist on podium in fight against racism
4 years, 5 months ago

Formula 1: Mercedes star Lewis Hamilton raises right fist on podium in fight against racism

Firstpost  

Hamilton has spoken out against racism since the death in May of George Floyd — a handcuffed and unarmed Black man — after a police officer pressed his knee on Floyd’s neck for nearly eight minutes in May. On Sunday Hamilton and the other 19 F1 drivers wore black T-shirts with “End Racism” on them, as they had done at …

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Formula 1: Drivers to support fight against racism at Austrian Grand Prix in individual gestures
4 years, 6 months ago

Formula 1: Drivers to support fight against racism at Austrian Grand Prix in individual gestures

Firstpost  

Hamilton praised some drivers for speaking out against racism, but he still feels others need to do more and he raised that in their briefing. All 20 Formula One drivers are going to show their support for the fight against racism before Sunday’s season-opening Austrian Grand Prix, although they will do so individually on the grid rather than with a …

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NASCAR: Bubba Wallace gets show of support from drivers after noose found in his garage
4 years, 6 months ago

NASCAR: Bubba Wallace gets show of support from drivers after noose found in his garage

CNN  

CNN — NASCAR drivers, pit crew members and others walked alongside Bubba Wallace and escorted his Number 43 car in a show of support at the Talladega Superspeedway on Monday a day after a noose was found in his garage. Wallace also tweeted a selfie with the crowd of supporters behind him with the word “Together.” Ryan Blaney ultimately won …

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L.A. Metro cops are in a bind: Avoid racial profiling while also fighting crime
5 years, 8 months ago

L.A. Metro cops are in a bind: Avoid racial profiling while also fighting crime

LA Times  

The Chrysler sedan was parked illegally against a red curb on West Manchester Avenue shortly after nightfall when a man walked up to the front passenger window, then retreated. But for some African American residents, the statistics confirmed their personal experiences of “driving while black.” A coalition of community groups demanded that Metro pull out of South L.A. Garcetti said …

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The "Green Book" is out-of-print, but its message still resonates today
5 years, 10 months ago

The "Green Book" is out-of-print, but its message still resonates today

Salon  

In the summer of 2017, the NAACP issued a travel advisory for the state of Missouri. When I first read about this news, I thought of the motoring guidebooks published for African-American travelers from the 1930s to the 1960s – a story I explore in my book “Republic of Drivers: A Cultural History of Automobility in America.” One of these …

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‘Stop-and-frisk in a car:’ Elite LAPD unit disproportionately stopped black drivers, data show
5 years, 11 months ago

‘Stop-and-frisk in a car:’ Elite LAPD unit disproportionately stopped black drivers, data show

LA Times  

After an increase in violent crime in 2014, LAPD’s Metropolitan Division increased its use of traffic stops. But it has caused a shift that some consider alarming: Metro officers stop African American drivers at a rate more than five times their share of the city’s population, according to a Times analysis. Connie Rice, a civil rights attorney who has worked …

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