EthnicMajority » Missouri http://www.ethnicmajority.com/wordpress Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:00:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 #africanamerican drivers 70% more likely to be stopped in Missouri. #racialprofiling http://www.ethnicmajority.com/wordpress/civil-rights/2010/06/africanamerican-drivers-70-more-likely-to-be-stopped-in-missouri-racialprofiling http://www.ethnicmajority.com/wordpress/civil-rights/2010/06/africanamerican-drivers-70-more-likely-to-be-stopped-in-missouri-racialprofiling#comments Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:03:14 +0000 Clifford Tong http://www.ethnicmajority.com/wordpress/?p=1121 (Fox4kc) African-American drivers are stopped more often by police in Missouri than any other race. That’s according to the latest Vehicle Stops Report. And it concerns Attorney General Chris Koster.

Since 2000, Missouri police officers are required to report specific information about the drivers they pull over. It’s meant to prevent racial profiling.

Koster discovered this year’s report shows black drivers were stopped at increasingly higher rates. And it should be a concern to Missourians.

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