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Report: LAPD Engaged in Racial Profiling in Traffic Stops
by Kevin Bliss
The Los Angeles Times used traffic stop data released by the Los Angeles Police Department (“LAPD”) under a new California law to calculate racial breakdowns of stops. The newspaper found that blacks and Latinos had a much higher chance of being pulled over than whites, although more ...
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