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Blacks drivers ticketed more
The Washington Times ^ | 3-1-05 | Unknown

Posted on 03/01/2005 12:17:36 PM PST by JZelle

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Black drivers in Delaware pay higher speeding fines than white motorists, a newspaper investigation has found. The investigation by the Wilmington News Journal also found that some police forces ticket blacks in disproportionate numbers. Police agencies with inequities deny they engage in "racial profiling," but could not explain why disparities exist. Some black drivers, however, believe their skin color influenced the police officer. One is Andre Brown of New York, who said he was driving with the traffic flow when a Greenwood officer ticketed him for going 64 mph in a 35-mph zone in 2002.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blacks; drivingwhileblack; police; profiling; racialprofiling
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To: holdmuhbeer

IMO, the most agressive drivers are black females (not the old women).


41 posted on 03/01/2005 12:44:10 PM PST by expatpat
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To: Arrowhead1952
My Bull$#!+ / Moron meter just pegged at maximum level.

Exactly, mine too.

42 posted on 03/01/2005 12:44:19 PM PST by CholeraJoe (On the third day, the Lord invented the Remington bolt action rifle so that man could hunt dinosaurs)
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To: Kirkwood
I think a key to the article is a statement that blacks were disproportionately ticketed in "some cities." One can assume that in "other cities" there was no disproportion or more whites happened to get ticketed. Therefore, teh statistics might even out if we don't just look at "some cities" selected based on their desired outcome.

However, I must observe based on anectodal evidence that cops pull more blondes over, blondes in sports cars especially, and anybody in red sports cars especially.

43 posted on 03/01/2005 12:46:07 PM PST by Williams
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To: expatpat

>>the most agressive drivers are black females<<

IMO the most agressive women are black females but that's a whole different subject!


44 posted on 03/01/2005 12:46:35 PM PST by rockabyebaby (What goes around, comes around!)
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To: TKDietz

"That was on my mind too. It seems like our locals love to pull people over with out of state tags. They're looking for drugs or money to seize. Here they especially want to stop people with Arizona, New Mexico, or California tags. If it's a rental car they are even more suspicious. If it's a rental car with Arizona, New Mexico or California tags driven by a Hispanic person or a black, the police will follow them for miles looking for any excuse to pull them over. I'm convinced sometimes they'll just make up a reason to pull them over and run the dogs around the car."

Or maybe it was just because he was going 64 MPH in a 35 MPH zone.


45 posted on 03/01/2005 12:46:57 PM PST by wmileo
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To: JZelle
Blacks drivers ticketed more?

What about a 9 Iron?
46 posted on 03/01/2005 12:48:12 PM PST by TheForceOfOne (Social Security – I thought pyramid schemes were illegal!)
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To: P.O.E.
The officer revealed that the car had those super-dark tinted windows (which are illegal in the first place), so it was impossible to tell race of the driver when he started pursuing him for speeding.

So the officer obviously racially profiled the car. (/sarcasm)

47 posted on 03/01/2005 12:48:41 PM PST by cowboyway (My Hero's have always been cowboys.)
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To: ClearCase_guy
Just because a "disproportionate" number of violators are black does not provide evidence of racism...

Of course it does!!! This is exactly what disparate impact is all about.

48 posted on 03/01/2005 12:49:20 PM PST by martin gibson
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To: FormerACLUmember
High on crack, no insurance, just drank three bottles of Old English 40s, hostile attitude to law enforcement, car unregistered, no driver's licence, unregistered firearm in the glove compartment......

Be careful! You'll get John Rockered.

49 posted on 03/01/2005 12:50:26 PM PST by cowboyway (My Hero's have always been cowboys.)
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To: JZelle

I used to often drive through Greenwood and Ellendale, DE on the way to the beach. Both towns are quick to pick up anyone speeding, tho' Ellendale is far worse, a speed trap. Anyone going over 60 (or even 50) through either town is not driving with the traffic flow, I can assure you.


50 posted on 03/01/2005 12:50:33 PM PST by expatpat
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To: pissant
'cause they are sh***y drivers, kinda like asian chicks.

Do you happen to know of a gene that makes Asians and blacks "sh***y drivers or are you just happen to have that racist gene?

51 posted on 03/01/2005 12:51:28 PM PST by trumandogz
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To: ShadowDancer

Why are you displaying gardening tools?


52 posted on 03/01/2005 12:53:18 PM PST by sticker
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To: trumandogz

ALot of young blacks (not the older folks) drive leaning way down in the seat and yacking to their buddies in the car, while swerving in the lane. Not Genetic, just bad habits, much like the gansta pants they wear.

With Asian chicks, I think it is genetic.


53 posted on 03/01/2005 12:54:37 PM PST by pissant
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To: MeanWestTexan
Exactly. I am quite certain they did a study of the Jersey Turnpike using robot cameras that photoes all violators that showed that blacks speed disproportionately than whites, but those that violate, violate higher (ie. averge 80mph vs. 75mph) and have other "add-on" violations, such as no registration, no insurance, and no DL.

I remember that study. It was quietly shelved by the MSM when it did not produce the desired data.

54 posted on 03/01/2005 12:56:47 PM PST by Skooz (Overtaxed host organism for the parasitical State)
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To: pissant
I see white kids doing the same thing with their car seats and people of each gender and all races gabbing on their cell phone while they are driving.
55 posted on 03/01/2005 12:57:41 PM PST by trumandogz
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To: N. Theknow
Another good one is when a driver is stopped for driver erratically and the officer smells alcohol, the driver always says he has only had two beers..

Could be. After all, there was that episode where Norm said he was only going to have one beer, so he had a pitcher.

56 posted on 03/01/2005 12:58:40 PM PST by Dahoser ("What'll it be Normie?" "Just the usual coach. I'll have a froth of beer and a snorkel.")
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To: JZelle

In the suburbs of Denver, Blacks always get stopped for D.W.B.


57 posted on 03/01/2005 12:58:44 PM PST by paleocon patriarch ("Never attribute to a conspiracy that which can be explained by incompetence.")
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To: JZelle

It's also possible that politicking and higher crime rates (BY blacks) has led to increased law enforcment in black neighborhoods, which causes more blacks to get tickets.


58 posted on 03/01/2005 1:00:37 PM PST by Atlas Sneezed (Your Friendly Freeper Patent Attorney)
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To: expatpat
IMO, the most agressive drivers are black females (not the old women).

That is definately the case in my city. The young males are a close 2nd.

No turn signal, no concept of a speed limit, tailgating, weaving in and out of traffic only to tailgate someone else--I see it several times every day.

59 posted on 03/01/2005 1:01:12 PM PST by Skooz (Overtaxed host organism for the parasitical State)
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To: trumandogz

No doubt that bad drivers come in all stripes. Mostly from bad habits & distractions. But I swear to you you'll never see as large a collection of dangerous drivers than if you go to Chinatown when the ladies are out shopping.


60 posted on 03/01/2005 1:02:10 PM PST by pissant
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