89 percent of traffic stops in New York City involved non-whites [View All]

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from http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0722/p02s01-usju.html

Twenty-three states, including Massachusetts, have enacted legislation banning racial profiling. But such practices – stopping suspects on the basis of what they look like – are still prevalent, some say. A recent study showed that 89 percent of traffic stops in New York City involved non-whites.

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Are white people in New York City better drivers?

Now if Gates had installed a home video system to record what transpired, would he have been charged with surreptitiously taping a police officer which is a felony in Massachusetts? (Are people in Massachusetts supposed to ask for permission from the cop first - "Hmmm, officer, can I record you beating me?"