2000

5 entries found for 2000

“Traffic officers say that by following any vehicle… they can observe a basis on which to stop it… Officers often develop ad hoc methods of winnowing suspicious from innocent motorist… [but are] subject to the racial and ethnic stereotypes they learn from our culture."

“Everything else being equal, Black males were more likely to be questioned and searched by the police; once stopped, they were more likely to be arrested; once arrested, they were more likely to be held for trial rather than being released on bail; once tried, they were…"

“Whites tend to stereotype black individuals and neighborhoods as crime-prone … [and] tend to equate black neighborhoods with poverty and high crime rates and white neighborhoods with affluence and low crime rate without considering low-crime, affluent black communities."

“The dramatic increase in stop activity in recent years is concentrated predominantly in minority neighborhoods … based on the neighborhoods in which they live rather than the crime problems in those areas."