The bill passed New York Legislature Police will be prohibited from traffic stops for minor violations to limit unnecessary stops and further “racial equality and public safety.”
The proposal would prohibit officials from pulling people down or looking for various traffic violations, including taillights, expired vehicle registration tags, too many window shades, or whether the smell of marijuana was found.
In some cases, evidence of a violation of the bill may be excluded from court.
Under the bill, the measure is intended to limit the frequency of “traffic pauses to promote racial equity and public safety,” which accounts for the state’s racial minority that constitutes most arrests and traffic stops.
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Police data show that in Nassau County alone, black and Latino residents account for 61% of arrests, 50% of traffic parking, 60% of field interviews and 69% of auction houses, although the county’s population accounts for less than 30% of the county’s population.
Data shows that white drivers issue an average of 1.3 tickets per game, while black drivers have 2.1 tickets.
one Litigation against Nassau Police in the county suffered racial bias when traffic stops.
Nassau County executive Bruce Blakeman told reporters Friday that Racial prejudice During traffic stops, it is said that officers are not usually aware of the driver’s race before stopping.
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The measure is intended to limit the frequency of traffic “in order to promote racial equity and public safety practices.” (Howard Schnapp/Newsday RM)
“It’s just a weird argument, it’s a personal offense,” Blackman said, according to the New York Post. “It doesn’t matter what race you are. If you’re breaking the law, you’re breaking the law.”
Nassau Police Chief Patrick Ryder said small violations such as damaged lights or expired registrations often lead to warnings, but limiting the ability to enforce the law can make roads less safe.
“They said the roads in Nassau County are too bad. Well, you’re going to take another tool away from us and that will get these bad drivers off the road,” he told reporters. “Stop taking the handcuffs from the criminals and putting them on men and women in our law enforcement.”
The county’s district attorney Anne Donnelly said the proposal was “the most ridiculous thing I’ve seen in 36 years of law enforcement.”
Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly said the proposal was “the most ridiculous thing I have seen in 36 years of law enforcement.” (Getty Image)
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Donnelly also said she believes the bill would have disproportionate impact on Nassau due to the large number of drivers and car accidents in the area, as she claims it would allow people to basically get rid of it. Violation of the lawaccording to NYP.
According to media reports, she mentioned a traffic stop that led to the capture of serial killer Joel Rifkin in 1993, who murdered at least 17 people in the area before he was parked on a missing license plate in the back of his pickup truck, a body in its trunk.
“When an officer walks to the driver and asks them for a permit and registration, they never know what will happen next,” Donnelly said. “It’s important to get these legal stops. There’s no regular traffic stop.”
