Berkeley To End Traffic Stops By Cops For Low-Level Offenses

[marmar]

The city of Berkeley, California, is implementing a series of sweeping police reforms in an effort to tackle racism in the criminal justice system.

On Tuesday night, the city council voted to end police traffic stops for low-level offenses, such as not wearing a seat belt or having an expired license. Police will also need written consent for vehicle searches, except under circumstances where consent is not legally required, and cops can no longer conduct warrantless searches of people on parole or probation. The city council also voted to fire officers found to have published racist content online.

The reforms follow protests against racist police violence across California and the country last summer.

“Berkeley is not immune from our nation’s reckoning with systemic racism,” the city’s mayor, Jesse Arreguín, said in a tweet celebrating the new reforms. ...........(more)

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/berkeley-reform-police-traffic-stops-racism_n_6037016dc5b6ec4b56275e5c

[ret5hd]

1. Excellent.

Hope to see more of this.

[MichMan]

2. Wearing a seat belt and having a valid license are now optional?

[gldstwmn]

3. Where are you seeing that?

It's okay though, I'm sure the cops can make up other reasons to pull people over.