Los Angeles officials are moving to restrict routine police traffic stops after a city report found roughly 86 percent of people pulled over during basic stops were black or Hispanic.
The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously last week to push the LAPD toward avoiding so-called “pretextual” stops.
The unanimous vote urged the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners to ban or heavily restrict stops over minor violations, according to reports from KTLA and the Los Angeles Times.
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The stops involve issues such as expired registration tags, broken taillights, cracked windshields, illegal tint, loud exhaust systems, busted mirrors, or missing license plates.
🚨RIGHT NOW: The Woke LA City Council just passed a landmark motion (14-0) to ban police from making traffic stops—becoming the first legislative body in the U.S. to take such a dangerous step. Human, child-sex & narcotics trafficking & drive-by shootings will skyrocket. pic.twitter.com/VBM8xw3Emv
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