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Demovictory9

(32,326 posts)
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 11:39 AM Jun 2018

Black drivers are 85 percent more likely to be stopped in Missouri than whites

Black drivers are 85 percent more likely to be stopped in Missouri than whites

Missouri law enforcement stopped black drivers at a rate 85 percent higher than white drivers last year

In the eighteen years since this figure has been documented, the disparity has never been so great

White drivers were less likely to be stopped, searched or arrested

However, those who were stopped and searched were more likely to be found with contraband than black or Hispanic drivers

Report found 7.1 percent of Hispanics, 6.6 percent of blacks arrested after stops


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'Quite frankly, it's really deplorable,' Gaskin said. 'It's why we've ended up in a situation where people are talking about travel advisories and African-American groups are less likely to come and do business in our state.'

Last July, the national NAACP issued a travel advisory for Missouri, citing last year's vehicle stop data and other racial concerns in the state.



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Black drivers are 85 percent more likely to be stopped in Missouri than whites (Original Post) Demovictory9 Jun 2018 OP
SHIT !!! (Areatha Franklin Gif) uponit7771 Jun 2018 #1
Couple years back I was riding in St Louis with a Hispanic relative dembotoz Jun 2018 #2
What ever happened to the safeinOhio Jun 2018 #3
Maybe black people should start wearing a white kkk hood as a fashion statement so they don't kimbutgar Jun 2018 #4
Last July heaven05 Jun 2018 #5

dembotoz

(16,740 posts)
2. Couple years back I was riding in St Louis with a Hispanic relative
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 12:28 PM
Jun 2018

Husband of a niece
He was emphatic about seat belts cause he was afraid of being pulled over.
I, being more albino, didn't really comprehend.
I would like to think I am brighter now..

kimbutgar

(20,887 posts)
4. Maybe black people should start wearing a white kkk hood as a fashion statement so they don't
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 01:17 PM
Jun 2018

Get pulled over.

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
5. Last July
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 02:47 PM
Jun 2018

NAACP travel advisory, soon to be declared for the contiguous 48 and Alaska. Chump and his DOJ crew, if allowed to keep destroying american freedoms by restricting travel, will do this sooner or later. DWB in an area outside their zone. Shoot to kill, it's just paperwork then. Huge wypipo 'gated communities'.

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