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NYT: Police Stop Black Drivers in NC at Disproportionate Rate

HeadlineOct 26, 2015

A New York Times investigation has found police in Greensboro, North Carolina, pull over African-American drivers for traffic violations at a disproportionate rate and search black drivers or their cars more than twice as often as white drivers. Across four states that track searches made with a driver’s consent, officers were more likely to search African-American drivers, but less likely to find contraband than if the driver was white.

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