The hazards of driving while black or Latino in Oregon

“They may be able to dream up some decent excuses. But Portland police can point to no good reason why they stop African American and Latino drivers more frequently than they stop white drivers.

They can point to no good reason because there is no good reason. A recent report on traffic stops in Portland is remarkably consistent with both national data and previous collections of local traffic-stop data.

It confirms, again, what many African Americans and Latinos in Portland have suspected for years. Even accounting for all other variables, minorities are disproportionately targeted for the crime of DWB (driving while black, or brown).”

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