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The Guardian - US
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Sam Levin in Los Angeles

California sheriff’s office stops Black drivers five times more often than white people, data shows

A police officer handing a license back to  car driver
Black Californians were disproportionately stopped for minor infractions in LA, San Diego, Sacramento and Riverside. Photograph: Chris Carlson/AP

Black drivers in California’s capital are nearly five times more likely than white motorists to get pulled over by sheriffs for traffic violations, according to a new report on racial profiling across the state.

Records from the county sheriff’s departments of Los Angeles, San Diego, Sacramento and Riverside show that Black Californians were disproportionately stopped across those regions in 2019, especially for minor infractions.

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