Report: Blacks stopped more often

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Sacbee
By Ryan Lillis

Last Updated 10:12 am PDT Friday, August 8, 2008
Story appeared in OUR REGION section, Page B1

Black motorists are twice as likely to be pulled over by Sacramento police as nonblack drivers, according to a report analyzing the Police Department's traffic stops.

The report, released to the city's Community Racial Profiling Commission late Thursday, also said black and Latino motorists were asked to get out of their vehicles at a higher rate than Asian and white drivers.

Black and Latino motorists, however, were no more likely to be cited than drivers of other races.

Latino drivers "were patted down at a significantly higher rate than would be expected," the report states.

The report will be posted on the city's Web site at 9 a.m. today and presented to the City Council on Tuesday. Three community meetings have been scheduled next week to address the findings.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

1. well, duh

anyone with eyes can see this, and not just in Sacramento

[jody]

2. The "pull over" rate versus the "cited" rate is evidence of a LEO force that needs training. n/t