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Title: Police are searching far fewer cars in states that have legalized marijuana
Source: Business Insider
URL Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/poli ... ave-legalized-marijuana-2017-6
Published: Jun 25, 2017
Author: Justin George and Eric Sagara, The Marsh
Post Date: 2017-06-29 20:32:05 by Hondo68
Keywords: None
Views: 1481
Comments: 4

traffic stop police stop pulled over by police speeding ticket
AP Photo/Russell Contreras, File

The legalization of marijuana in Washington state and Colorado had at least one unanticipated effect on the streets: a sharp decline in the number of traffic stops resulting in searches by state police, a new analysis shows.

The drop means fewer interactions between police and drivers, potentially limiting dangerous clashes. But even though the number of searches fell significantly for all racial groups, black and Hispanic drivers are still searched at higher rates than white motorists, the analysis found.

Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting in partnership with The Marshall Project reviewed stop and searches conducted by Washington and Colorado state patrols before and after marijuana became legal in both states in late 2012. The analysis was based on data obtained by researchers at Stanford University who released a report this week studying 60 million state patrol stops in 31 states between 2011 and 2015, the most comprehensive look at national traffic stops to date.

The data does not offer a complete picture because it includes only stops by state patrol agencies and not local law enforcement. For instance, in Washington and Colorado, the data would not include stops made by local police in Seattle or Denver, where African American residents are concentrated in those states.

It is possible that pot legalization has not had the same effect on urban traffic stops as it has on those made by highway patrols because policing strategies differ, said Charles Epp, a University of Kansas professor who co-authored the 2014 book "Pulled Over: How Police Stops Define Race and Citizenship." State police tend to focus on accidents, impaired and reckless driving, and the transport of illegal drugs. City police concentrate on crime deterrence and response.

In the city of Colorado Springs, Ryan Brown, an African American Iraq war veteran, won a $212,000 settlement after local police pulled him over a block from his house after a trip to the grocery store in 2015. When officers couldn't provide Brown with a clear reason for stopping him and his younger brother, he said he began to recall fatal confrontations between police and black men such as Michael Brown and Eric Garner. He started recording on his phone.

"What's the reason that you pulled us over, officer?" he asked.

A white officer unbuckled Brown's seatbelt, pulled him out of the car and forced him onto the snow face down with the officer's hand pushing down on Brown's head, the video shows. The last images of Brown's video show the officer slapping at the phone in Brown's hand, ending the recording.

The police department has maintained that it did nothing wrong.

"If they see you and they're racially profiling, that happens. I don't think weed has anything to do with it," said Brown, 33.

According to court papers, the officer pulled over Brown's car because he believed he had seen it hours earlier driving slowly through a "high crime area" where "lots of drugs (were) being sold." No drugs were found in the car, and the Brown brothers have said they were home at the time.

The explanation demonstrates what traffic stops represent to many officers: the means to search for evidence of more serious crimes such as illegal drugs or weapons. "It's like the triple-word score in emphasis for police," said Steven Bender, an associate dean at the Seattle University School of Law who has researched links between race and marijuana regulation and legalization.

The Stanford study suggests that removing marijuana possession from the potential list of crimes lowers the chance that a car will be stopped and searched.

And the numbers are striking.

In Washington, the search rate of black drivers age 21 and over decreased by about 34 percent after legalization, according to the analysis by Reveal and The Marshall Project. Search rates of white and Hispanic drivers in the same age group declined by about 25 percent.

Still, racial disparities remained: Both before and after legalization, black motorists age 21 and over – the legal age for buying pot – were searched at a rate roughly twice that of white drivers. The search rate for Hispanics was about 1.7 times that of whites.

searches per 1,000 washington traffic stops
The Marshall Project

In Colorado, the search rate of African American drivers 21 and over dropped by nearly half, while the search rate of Hispanic drivers fell by 58 percent. White drivers faced almost two-thirds fewer searches after recreational marijuana was legalized.

Racial disparities, however, also persisted in Colorado even as overall numbers of searches went down. After legalization in Colorado, the search rate for African American drivers was 3.3 times that of white drivers, and the rate for Hispanics was more than 2.7 times that of whites.

searches per 1,000 colorado traffic stops
The Marshall Project

The findings on stop and searches are similar to those showing a decrease in the number of marijuana arrests in Colorado after legalization, according to a 2016 Colorado Department of Public Safety report that reviewed legalization's wide-ranging impacts. The study showed that the total number of marijuana arrests dropped by nearly half after legalization, but the marijuana arrest rate for African Americans was almost three times that of whites.

The Colorado and Washington state patrols were provided with findings of the analysis but did not respond to requests for comment.

"Legalizing marijuana is not going to solve racial disparities," said Mark Silverstein, legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado. "We need to do a lot more before we get at that."

The ACLU has advocated requiring law enforcement agencies to have "objective facts" that amount to reasonable suspicion before asking a driver for consent to search a car, Silverstein said. In 2010, Colorado passed a law requiring officers to tell drivers that consent is voluntary. (3 images)

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#1. To: hondo68 (#0)

You should provide a trigger warning.

I know at least one LF reader will end up in tears over this news.

Tooconservative  posted on  2017-06-29   20:56:54 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: hondo68, gatlin - the gay parade co-chairman of the canary possee (#0)

gatlin is in deep doo-doo over this news with views.

buckeroo  posted on  2017-06-29   21:32:59 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: buckeroo, Tooconservative, Gatlin (#2)

The stance that she takes has the virtue of her motivation. It looks to me like she cares about people who are being damaged by misuse/abuse and those who need medical care but can't afford it.

I hope she is able to work in a Christian charity.

Anthem  posted on  2017-06-29   22:21:06 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: buckeroo (#2)

" gatlin is in deep doo-doo over this news with views. "

He is busy on the other thread playing a harp, and dumping cereal in his face.

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Stoner  posted on  2017-06-29   22:50:06 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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