Police search innocent Black drivers more often during stops
"We have to figure out why officers are searching innocent Blacks more than innocent whites... the bias is there."
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"We have to figure out why officers are searching innocent Blacks more than innocent whites... the bias is there."
Black drivers are more frequently searched during traffic stops without finding contraband than white drivers, according to a University of Michigan study. Institute for Social Research scientists Maggie Meyer and Richard Gonzalez analyzed data from 98 million traffic stops, and showed that innocent Black drivers were likely to be searched about 3.4 to 4.5% of the time while innocent white drivers were likely to be searched about 1.9 to 2.7% of the time. The results are published in the Journal
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