A ‘veil of darkness’ reduces racial bias in traffic stops

Tuesday, May 5, 2020 - 17:40 in Health & Medicine

The largest-ever study of alleged racial profiling during traffic stops has found that blacks, who are pulled over more frequently than whites by day, are much less likely to be stopped after sunset, when “a veil of darkness” masks their race. As further evidence of bias in traffic stops, Stanford researchers find that while blacks […]

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