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David Ryder/Getty Images This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. A pretext traffic stop is when police pull you over for a minor traffic violation and then use that to search for a more serious offense. These stops don t reduce crime, and too often lead to the deaths of Black motorists. Until there s extensive reformation, police shouldn t be allowed in situations where they are prone to kill. This is an opinion column. The thoughts expressed are those of the author. On April 11, 20-year-old Daunte Wright was driving down a street in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. As many of us made sure to do at his age, he had an air-freshener hanging from his rear-view mirror. But in Minnesota, it s illegal to have items dangling from your rear-view mirror, and so, according to Daunte s mother, this prompted Brooklyn Center police to pull him over. Daunte was killed

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