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Updated: 11:58 AM Aug 1, 2009
Report: Police in WV Stop Minorities at Higher Rate
A study by the Division of Criminal Justice Services finds minorities are more likely to be stopped and searched by police than whites.
Posted: 9:52 PM Jul 30, 2009Reporter: Paul Gessler Email Address: paul.gessler@wsaz.com |
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- A study by the Division of Criminal Justice Services finds minorities are more likely to be stopped and searched by police than whites.
The report was commissioned by the West Virginia Legislature. Data was collected by law enforcement between April 2007 and September 2008.
A total of 301,479 stops--of vehicles registered in West Virginia--were stopped and analyzed.
"We can make progress if we're prepared to accept the truth that we have a problem that blacks and hispanics have been stopped at a much high rate," Rev. Matthew Watts of Grace Bible Church in Charleston, W.Va., said. "A proponderance of evidence...would suggest race is the driver. And, if you start looking at ways to address that, I think we would have progress. Otherwise, yes. It's going to set race relations back."
The report did highlight city-level departments in Charleston and Beckley had "little or no disparity in traffic stops."
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I take care of myself and mind my own business. People pull out the race card all the time as an excuse. If you dont have anything to hide then who cares if the cops pull you over? I must get back to work to support all the deadbeats (black and white and in between) who sit on their keysters all day drinking Colt beer.
In REALITY...The Latino Race IS OUTNUMBERING ALL of us! (At alarming rates --so MANY ILLEGALS!
Scruncii- Did you stop on the interstate to watch these officers search this car in order to know that nothing was found. Was the family in handcuffs. How do you know the circumstances or what they were searching for. You got a lot of info for passing by at 65 mph.
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