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Probe of Connecticut State Police Traffic Stops Shows No Intentional Racial Profiling

Inaccurate racial profiling data on traffic stops made by the Connecticut State Police was largely the result of data-entry mistakes and other mishaps, not an intentional effort by troopers to submit bogus information, according to a report by independent investigators …

Audit Finds Connecticut State Police Falsified Traffic Stop Data

Hundreds of Connecticut state police troopers falsified information on at least 26,000 traffic stops from 2014 to 2021, skewing reports on the race and ethnicity of pulled-over motorists, according to an audit released Wednesday. Data analysts with the University of …

Walmart Ordered to Pay Oregon Man $4.4M for Racial Profiling

A Multnomah County grand jury has ordered Walmart to pay $4.4 million in damages to a man who sued the store, saying he was racially profiled and harassed by a Walmart employee at a Portland, Oregon, area store in 2020. …

Massachusetts Police Sued Over Wrongful Arrest Deny Racial Profiling Claim

A Massachusetts police department whose officers are accused of wrongfully arresting a Black man while pursuing a white suspect said Friday that an outside investigation found no evidence of racial profiling. The town manager for Arlington, a Boston suburb, and …

Missouri Report: Black Drivers More Likely to be Pulled Over

Recently released data show Black drivers are more likely to be pulled over in Missouri compared to white drivers, and the gap between how Missouri police treat Black and white drivers increased again last year. Differences in Black and white …

Texas DPS Pledges to Work on Preventing Profiling of Motorists

The Texas Department of Public Safety says it will regularly review traffic stop data to ensure minority motorists aren’t being stopped and searched at higher rates than white drivers. DPS now will review traffic stops for individual troopers, rather than …

Review: Hispanic, Black Drivers More Likely to Be Searched in Texas

An analysis of Texas traffic stops shows Hispanic and black drivers are far more likely to be searched by Department of Public Safety troopers, despite DPS assertions that all motorists are treated equally. The review of 15 million DPS records …

Gaylord, Sibley County in Minnesota Settle Racial Profiling Lawsuit

Officials in the south-central Minnesota city of Gaylord have agreed to pay tens of thousands of dollars to a Mexican immigrant to settle a federal lawsuit that alleged racial profiling. Minnesota Public Radio News reports that Gaylord and Sibley County …

ACLU Settles Bias Lawsuit Filed By Southern California Latino Students

A suburban Los Angeles County school district and police department have agreed to revise policies to settle a racial profiling lawsuit filed by a group of Latino students who said they were rounded up at school and treated as if …