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The goal is to prevent racial discrimination during traffic stops

A New York Times investigation found that in five years police officers killed more than 400 people who werent in possession of a gun or knife and werent suspected of a violent crime, yet only five of the officers have been convicted in connection with the killings. The more likely outcome was a l...

Philadelphia is the first major city to ban low-level traffic stops; the Driving Equity bills became law after being signed by Mayor James Kenney.

'Anti-driving-while-black' measure seen as "victory for equity" by social justice activists

Philadelphia City Council on Thursday approved ‘Driving Equality’ bills barring police from stopping drivers for minor traffic violations in an effort to ‘end traffic stops that promote discrimination while keeping the traffic stops that promote public safety.’

Two major changes to the way motor vehicle laws are enforced in Philadelphia have turned the city into one of the most proactive in the United States when it...

The city wants to see if traffic laws are leading to discrimination. Officials should do the same with their gun control laws.

Philadelphia is now the first city in the country to have a driver equality law designed to reduce cases of what people call ‘driving while Black’ or getting pulled over for superficial and racially motivated reasons, but there are questions as to how it will be carried out. 

Philadelphia became the first major city to ban police traffic stops of low-level motor vehicle offenses on Thursday, a tactic which critics claim disproportionately affects black people.

Philadelphia police will no longer be able to conduct traffic stops for minor violations, like having a broken tail light, under an historic bill passed Thursday by City Council. The Driving Equality legislation aims to end discriminatory road stops. Data shows police pull over a disproportionate number of Black drivers.