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Missouri Cops Stopped Black Drivers a WHOLE LOT in 2020. Pandemic Be Damned...

Despite a decrease of nearly 400,000 traffic stops in Missouri from 2019 to 2020, Black drivers were still 71% more likely to be pulled over amid the pandemic.

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Donney Rose
Jun 04, 2021
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The “Show Me” state of Missouri showed that no pandemic could stop its racial profiling of Black motorists. According to a report from St. Louis Public Radio, derived from a 2020 Vehicle Stops Report, Black drivers throughout Missouri were 71% more likely to be pulled over in 2020 than white drivers. The Vehicle Stops R…

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