New York’s proposal would forbid the police to stop for minor violations to pursue “racial equity”
One account that makes its way through the Legislature of the state of New York It would prohibit the police of conducting trafficking for minor violations in an attempt to limit useless and further “racial equity and public safety” stops.
The proposal would prevent agents from doing above or looking for various traffic violations, including having a rear light, recording tag of expired vehicles, too much color of the window or if the smell of marijuana is detected.
In some cases, the evidence collected in violation of the bill can be excluded in court.
The measure aims to limit “the frequency of traffic stops for minor violations in support of racial equity and public safety”, according to the bill, since racial minorities in the state constitute the majority of arrests and traffic stops.
A bill that makes its way through the legislator of the State of New York would prohibit the police of conducting stops for minor violations. (Nicolas Economia/Nurphoto via Getty Images)
Only in the county of Nassau, black and Latin residents represent 61% of arrests, 50% of traffic stops, 60% of the field interviews and 69% of pat-down, despite being approached under 30% of the county population, police data show.
White drivers are emitted on average of 1.3 tickets for arrest compared to two tickets for black drivers and 2.1 for Latin drivers, show the data.
A cause against Nassau He claims that the police in the county acted with racial prejudices when he leads the traffic stops.
Bruce Blakeman, manager of Nassau County, told journalists on Friday who is “ridiculous” to argue that there is Racial bias in the police During the traffic stops, saying that agents are usually not aware of the driver’s race before stopping.
The measure aims to limit “the frequency of traffic stops for minor violations in support of racial equity and public safety”. (Howard Schnapp/Newsday RM)
“It’s just a bizarre topic, it’s pro-Criminal,” said Blakeman, according to the New York Post. “It doesn’t matter which race you are. If you are breaking the law, then you are breaking the law.”
Nassau Patrick Ryder’s police commissioner said that minor infringements such as broken lights or records that are generally led to warnings, but that limiting the ability to enforce the law makes the roads less safe.
“They say that the roads are so bad in Nassau’s county. Well, you would take another tool that will lead to making these bad drivers fall,” he told journalists. “Stop taking away the handcuffs from the criminals and put them on our men and women in the police.”
The district prosecutor of the county, Anne Donnelly, said that the proposal “is the most ridiculous thing I saw in my 36 years in the police”.
The district prosecutor of the county of Nassau Anne Donnelly said that the proposal “is the most ridiculous thing I saw in my 36 years in the police”. (Getty Images)
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Donnelly also claimed to believe that the bill would have an impact on the Nassau disqualification due to the high number of drivers and automotive accidents of the region, since it says that it would allow people to get by essentially break the lawAccording to the NYP.
He referred to a traffic stop that led to the 1993 capture of the serial killer Joel Rifkin, who killed at least 17 people in the area before he was stopped on the missing plaque on the back of his truck that had a body in his trunk, reported the outlet.
“When an officer approaches a driver and asks them for their license and their recording – they never know what will happen later,” said Donnelly. “It is important to be able to make these legitimate stops. There is no traffic routine stage.”
