13 January, 2014

It's Been Proven: "Driving While Black" is a Real Thing - The Daily Beast

It's Been Proven: "Driving While Black" is a Real Thing - The Daily Beast: [A] black man age twenty-five or younger has a 28 percent chance of being stopped for an investigatory reason over the course of a year; a similar young white man has a 12.5 percent chance, and a similar young white woman has only a 7 percent chance. […]

Overall, black drivers are nearly three times more likely than whites to be subjected to investigatory stops.