Dec. 9, 2022
Black drivers in NC searched disproportionately more
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Data show disparities in searches of stopped cars
WRAL investigative data journalist Ali Ingersoll gives some alarming stats on police searches in North Carolina. According to the State Bureau of Investigation, Black drivers and passengers are disproportionally searched after being stopped by police. In most cases Black drivers don’t even make up the majority of the city’s population. Ingersoll also shares a discussion she had with a police chief about the startling data.
