Posted on 04/10/2023 12:52:08 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
More than two dozen members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) are urging the Department of Transportation to condemn the “unjust and discriminatory status quo” of traffic enforcement and implement reforms that will reduce racial inequities in traffic stops.
In a letter to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, 27 members of the CBC, including Democratic Reps. Ayanna Pressley (Mass.), Cori Bush (Mo.), Jamaal Bowman (N.Y.) and Ilhan Omar (Minn.), expressed a “grave concern for the wellbeing of Black drivers.”
HOUSE Congressional Black Caucus presses Buttigieg to reform ‘racist traffic enforcement’ BY CHEYANNE M. DANIELS - 04/10/23 2:55 PM ET SHARE TWEET
File photo – (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) More than two dozen members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) are urging the Department of Transportation to condemn the “unjust and discriminatory status quo” of traffic enforcement and implement reforms that will reduce racial inequities in traffic stops.
In a letter to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, 27 members of the CBC, including Democratic Reps. Ayanna Pressley (Mass.), Cori Bush (Mo.), Jamaal Bowman (N.Y.) and Ilhan Omar (Minn.), expressed a “grave concern for the wellbeing of Black drivers.”
“On our nation’s roads and highways, Black motorists have experienced disproportionate scrutiny and excessive force under the guise of traffic enforcement,” the lawmakers said. “As Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation (DOT), we urge you to condemn the status quo of traffic enforcement and develop reforms to reduce racial inequities in traffic stops.”
More than 20 million people are pulled over for traffic violations every year, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Despite Black people being less likely to have access to a vehicle, Black motorists are more likely to be stopped than their white counterparts.
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.....you beat me to the keyboard....I am sooooo sick of this s**t I can hardly read any more about it....it reminds me of New Jersey several years (decades...?) ago when the New Jersey State Police (I believe...) were accused of targeting black drivers for speeding...many, if not most, were caught on radar and many of these stops were at night....and they were INDEED speeding...!!so the radar could detect which speeders were black and which ones were not...?? to the Congdressional Black Caucus I say “Go suck an egg...!!” ......
I’m quite concerned about the Christian white guys and their G7 who made all of the advancements, achievents and progress that the rest of the world coattails on.
When they’re gone, whose going to fill their shoes?
Such BS
“reduce racial inequities in traffic stops”
Hey, don’t the cops know when the black peoples break traffic laws it’s just another form of reparations?
That's the new rule in St. Louis. Been in effect since Kim Gardner won the circuit attorney office.
Black motorists have experienced disproportionate scrutiny.
Well gee gosh I wonder why
Chicago not my kind of town
WE don’t have a race problem....
We have a problem race.
The above quote is being deleted from this website every time you racists make it and the Mods become aware of it. Just letting you know.
Probably won’t faze you, but Whites account for close to 70% of crimes committed while Blacks account for 26% in this Country. Facts are stubborn things.
What with window tints and nighttime traffic stops, how often does a cop know the race of the offender before activating his lights and siren?
Hmmm
Blacks account for 13% of the US population ... Do the arithmetic.
Facts are indeed stubborn things.
“ Do the arithmetic”
I did.
2.4% of White population committed close to 5 million crimes.
3.7% of Black population committed almost 2 million crimes.
Both races have a crime problem.
Enserio? I guess ignorance is the excuse for these people not knowing that Buttgigger’s job has nothing to do with traffic issues like that-what a special kind of stupid...
Hmmm.....DOT is in charge of traffic enforcement......who knew?
No, but federal grants can be withheld as punishment for not abiding by DOT dictates. That's why so many states have motorcycle helmet laws for one.
Let’s just revoke all the drivers licenses held by black people.
That will solve the “problem”.
L
BINGO!
You win this thread!
‘racist traffic enforcement’.. Yeah, that’s a real big problem nowadays.. (spit)
When everything is racist, Nothing is racist.
If I drive my bLACK car, I am targeted?
Or, if my White car, I am exempt?
I need some bumper stickers, declaring what my car is...
It may look like a Diesel, but it is an EV!
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