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police stops
Coverage of police stops in the Nexus archive.
- Thousands of complaints, few punished: How LAPD handles claims of racial bias
Studies show Blacks and Latinos in Los Angeles are stopped by police at higher rates than whites. A rare case of an officer fired for alleged racial bias underscores the issue of limited consequences for such behavior.
- Thousands of complaints, few punished: How LAPD handles claims of racial bias
The LAPD faces thousands of complaints regarding racial bias, with studies showing Blacks and Latinos in L.A. are stopped by police at significantly higher rates than whites. A recent case of an officer being fired for alleged racial bias underscores the rarity of such disciplinary actions.