Philadelphia racial equity bill bans police from making stops for minor violations
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The Philadelphia City Council passes a bill aimed at closing racial inequalities that will ban police from making traffic stops for minor violations
People of color are 3.4 times as likely to be pulled over than White drivers, according to an analysis by WPVI-TV in Philadelphia. Advocates of the bill argue these stops are a pretext to searching vehicles, which leads to a distrust for police among Black and Latino drivers.
Thomas recalled an incident in which he was pulled over for having a broken taillight, only discovering that it wasn't broken the next day when he took it to a mechanic. According to Philadelphia Public Defenders' Police Accountability Unit head Michael Mellon, a broken light is the most common minor violation drivers in the city are pulled over for.