Major City Pressuring Cops To Stop Pulling Over Too Many Non-White People
Los Angeles lawmakers told police to stop pulling drivers over for minor issues because they say it affects too many black and brown people. The city council voted unanimously on May 6 to recommend banning “pretextual”…
Los Angeles lawmakers told police to stop pulling drivers over for minor issues because they say it affects too many black and brown people.
The city council voted unanimously on May 6 to recommend banning “pretextual” traffic stops over issues such as broken taillights, leaving it up to the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners to consider the policy, cityrecords and local media coverage show. The vote followed a March 3 report from the board finding that the vast majority of those stopped were black or Hispanic since 2022.
Legislators affirmed that officers should still conduct pretextual stops “for traffic violations that endanger public safety and for reasonable and articulable suspicion of crimes.”
The Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners, an independent agency overseeing the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), did not respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
“Board of Police Commissioners: Get this done; we’re watching, no excuses,” Democratic Councilmember Imelda Padilla said after the May 6 vote, the Los Angeles Times reported. “This is what this generation wants.”