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Panacea
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New Jersey actually ran a rather intensive study on this because of all the complaints.
Do you know what was found?
1. Minorities are pulled over at the exact same rate as they are represented in the population. In other words, on average over the state, minorities are not pulled over more frequently.
2. In those areas where minorities are pulled over with high frequency, the population of minorities is, in fact higher. In other words, more minorities are being pulled over simply because the concentration of them is higher.
3. Crime rate predicts the rate of being pulled over.
4. This is the important part. The ratio of times being pulled over to the number of times there is a REASON to pull the person over, is the same regardless of race. If a minority is pulled over, the reason is simple. He is committing some sort of action that leads to being pulled over. What is definitely not happening is minorities being pulled over when they have done nothing wrong.
Your chances of being pulled over, if you are not engaging in something that would obviously result in you needing to be pulled over (ie speeding, drunk driving, erratic driving, expired plates etc.) is exactly the same whether you are white, black, hispanic, whatever.
Your perception is simply wrong (and probably racist)....end of story. |
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FozzieBear
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Often people see what they want to see. If the area is predominantly white, they probably pull over more white people. You are just noticing the minorities.
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pink_angel
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Can you say racial profiling? |
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JBean B
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It's probably because Mexicans are always causing trouble, and breaking the law. |
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italianchic1606
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Yes! although they should not be biased that some group of people is more prone to breaking the law... they do. I'm studying psychology right now and it's definitely a major issue. I've heard the same situation of minorities being pulled over for no reason many times as well as from teenagers... that we're actually not breaking the law. P.S: I live in northern N.J. The community is mostly caucasian with a few acceptions. |
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JAMES
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For psychological reasons, Probabily.................................. |
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Fries
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Yes, I live in South Florida, my dad had a friend that lived in a mansion by the beach, he was driving slowly looking for his friends house and was being followed by 2 cops the whole time until they pulled him over for no reason. My dad was in a new explorer wearing a suit dressed in work clothes. You cant tell me he got pulled over because he looked like he was a theif... this has happened several times to my family and myself |
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If they didn't do so much crime, they wouldn't get pulled over as much. |
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katjha2005
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I have faith in our police forces.. my guess would be they are probably be pulled over for legitimate reasons- I mean you gotta think with the way cars are made now a days.. and with so many cars with tinted windows it would be hard for a cop to know if someone is of a different race until they actually pulled them over |
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Cpl Coop
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You are looking at the situation all wrong. Don't get me wrong...there are bad law enforcement officers out there but the chance that it is a whole department is impossible nowadays. You might see 2 to 3 traffic stops in a day if its a bad neighborhood. But in actually in a 24 hour period 30 to 40 might get pulled over. The only way to find out is go to the Clerk of Courts in your area and find out. Also the local PD keeps that information on record. I could save you the time and say no, its not just one race. |
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Catherine E: VT
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You would need to check the records in the department to confirm that minorities are pulled over more frequently. Most of the time, the departments themselves keep very close track on this kind of thing. Officers can get in a lot of trouble if there's a discrepancy in the number of people pulled over by race. |
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songndance1999
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Who knows? Why don't you ask the police dept. |
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BILLIELYNN H
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cuz their trying to get a date |
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kywolverine44
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They are playing the odds. |
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Balthazar
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Not the race care again.... If you believe it...sue them. |
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strike_eagle29
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YOU'RE ONLY GETTING PULLED OVER IN NYC WE GET SHOT 50 TIMES.
JERSEY IS THE HOME OF RACIAL PROFILING THEY HAVE GOTTEN IN TROUBLE FOR IT BEFORE AND WILL NOT STOP THEIR HATRED OF MINORITIES. |
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bcre8iv
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If your such a concerned citizen why don't you go to the townships prosecutor and register a complaint instead of posting it on the internet? Could it be your just bored and don't like cops so you decided to fabricate a story. Are others in your town enraged like you are. Maybe the stupid answer to the stupid question is "the cops pull over minorities because they have a better shot at making an arrest, therefore enabling them to get back to headquarters where the really good donuts are" You have no concern for whats going on so why waste peoples time! |
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LadySable
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Police normally pull people over for breaking the law. Race isn't an issue since everyone does break the law on occasion whether they realize it or not.
You do not have to be speeding or racing to be pulled over. If you have a tail light out, too much wear on your tires, thump a cigarette but out of the window, etc. - you are breaking the law.
If you are breaking the law, expect to be pulled over! |
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Roadrunner58-79
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The police probably had a good reason to pull over
the minority!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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