ACLU says racial disparity in enforcing mandatory seatbelt law is very alarming after 2015 saw several tall-profile traffic stops escalate into fatal encountersBlack drivers in Florida are stopped and ticketed for not wearing a seatbelt significantly more often than their white counterparts,raising “serious concern” that law enforcement may be racially profiling motorists, according to a study released by the American Civil Liberties Union on Wednesday.
Using data collected under Florida’s seatbelt law, or the authors found that in 2014 black motorists were ticketed nearly twice as often statewide and up to four times as often in certain counties.
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Source: theguardian.com