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“These patterns suggest a strong likelihood that racial/ethnic bias plays a role in traffic stop policies and practices in Minnesota. The same is true for the searches that result from these stops… It is fair to conclude that the problems that they suggest are not isolated to a handful of jurisdictions."

Minnesota Statewide Racial Profiling Report: All Participating Jurisdictions Minnesota Statewide Racial Profiling Report: All Participating Jurisdictions The greatest relative differences between actual and expected stops and searches for Blacks are found in suburban cities and central cities other than Minneapolis. The greatest relative differences between actual and expected stops and searches for Blacks are found in suburban cities and central cities other than Minneapolis. As can be seen in the following table, officers stopped Blacks and Latinos at much greater than average rates (for all jurisdictions, relative differences between actual and expected stops are 213.84% and 95.03%, respectively) As can be seen in the following table, officers stopped Blacks and Latinos at much greater than average rates (for all jurisdictions, relative differences between actual and expected stops are 213.84% and 95.03%, respectively)
Report to the Minnesota Legislature
Minnesota Statewide Racial Profiling Report: All Participating Jurisdictions
Council on Crime and Justice / Institute on Race and Poverty
22 September 2003
https://www.leg.mn.gov/docs/2004/mandated/040200.pdf
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