21. Remember the debate that has raged the past several years over whether law enforcement officers should rely on ethnic characteristics in stopping drivers or detaining people? 22. Some police associations oppose the bill, saying officers could become hesitant to stop minority drivers who broke the law and could be discouraged from pursuing suspects. 23. Some said he was particularly aggressive in stopping drivers who were members of minorities. 24. The ad goes on to explain that around the United States, police regularly stop drivers based on their skin color rather than on the way they are driving. 25. The driver is stopped and cited. 26. The highway patrol continues to stop drivers who are going too fast for conditions, Berry said, just as it did before the speed limit law was changed. 27. The New Jersey State Police have consistently denied that troopers stop drivers on the basis of their race. 28. The paragraph gave details about a particular police station whose officers had been stopping black drivers at disproportionately high rates. 29. The Terry decision has since been extended in a series of Supreme Court rulings to car searches after a driver has been stopped for a traffic violation. 30. The troopers who testified Tuesday said they were under pressure to stop minority drivers. |