Driving While Black in New Jersey
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 Published On Apr 11, 2016

A new report from Seton Hall Law School Center for Policy & Research has found that in the majority-white municipality of Bloomfield, New Jersey, nearly 80 percent of traffic tickets are issued to African American and Latino drivers.

The report also found that most tickets were issued to non-resident minority drivers passing through town, suggesting a "de facto border patrol" policing policy is in effect.

The Bloomfield Police Department — which has begun collecting data on the race of drivers in traffic stops as of January 2016 — rejects the report's findings.

VICE News reports on Seton Hall's methodology and on the experience of minority drivers in Bloomfield.

Please note that in this video, Lakisha Finkelstein's name was misspelled as Latisha Finkelstein.

Read the report, "Racial Profiling Report: Bloomfield Police and Bloomfield Municipal Court” - http://bit.ly/20vowHc

Read "NYPD Cops Who Arrested Black Mailman Have History of Alleged Civil Rights Violations” - http://bit.ly/1S144IG

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