On 2021-03-01 11:27 a.m., Taxed and Spent wrote:
> On 3/1/2021 8:24 AM, Graham wrote:

>>>
>> OTOH, the son of a black friend of mine was carded, pulled over while
>> driving. The cops picked a wrong one there! At the time he was a prof at
>> Osgood Law School:-)
>>
>
>
> And he insists he was pulled over for absolutely no reason at all,
> right?* uh huh.* Even law professors make traffic infractions.
>


A few years back a "study" looked at the race of people who had been
pulled over by Toronto police and the charges laid. It jumped to the
conclusion that black drivers were being profiles because of the high
number of charges for "blind offenses", the things that cops could not
have known when they pulled them over, like driving without a license,
driving under suspension and driving without insurance.

That was a crock. There is a perfectly valid explanation. The cops see
someone making an unsafe lane change, failing to stop at a stop sign,
failing to yield and similar violations. Unless there is a collision
those are violations for which people would get a warning. Charging them
is a hassle because they can go to court and lie and it is their word
against the cops. So they get a warning and are sent on their way.

It is a different matter if they get pulled over for something that
merits a warning and it turns out they are unlicensed, under suspension
or not insured.