Tickets for loud music nearly 3 times more likely for Blacks
Black drivers say they feel targeted by officers because of state’s new law.
Source: daytonatimes.com
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Black drivers say they feel targeted by officers because of state’s new law.
Black drivers say they feel targeted by officers because of state’s new law.
The law is working out exactly as expected: it gives cops the excuse to bother minority drivers even more than they already do.
Darius Jermaine Ned Thomas Jr. was driving west on the Florida parkway in Jacksonville that runs along the St. Johns River, listening to music on a Friday afternoon in August
Jacksonville police issued 67 tickets for loud music under a new state law. Forty-nine were for Black drivers.