When Police Traffic in Racism

McHarris reports that for Black drivers, the possibility of getting pulled over and searched by police is a source of constant terror- and a violation of fundamental rights. Far from being unusual, these experiences are typical for many Black drivers in this country. All across the US, Black people are pulled over at higher rates than other drivers- a phenomenon so pervasive, it has earned its own catch phrase: driving while Black. According to one recent study of 14 years of traffic stops in North Carolina, Black drivers were 95 percent more likely to he pulled over than white drivers.