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A new study, fought in release by the DOJ, now indicates that racial
profiling is most likely not occurring at all in New Jersey. You will
recall that former Gov. Christine Whitman had denounced state police
officers as racists after the release of the junk science "study"
claiming blacks were improperly stopped for traffic violations more
often than people of other race and ethnicity. The new study's
improved research design allows comparison of traffic stops against
baselines of speeding behavior by race, finding that blacks were 16
percent of drivers but 25 percent of speeders on a New Jersey Turnpike
section -- suggesting that police are more likely to stop blacks
because as drivers they are likelier to speed.
A new study, fought in release by the DOJ, now indicates that racial
profiling is most likely not occurring at all in New Jersey. You will
recall that former Gov. Christine Whitman had denounced state police
officers as racists after the release of the junk science "study"
claiming blacks were improperly stopped for traffic violations more
often than people of other race and ethnicity. The new study's
improved research design allows comparison of traffic stops against
baselines of speeding behavior by race, finding that blacks were 16
percent of drivers but 25 percent of speeders on a New Jersey Turnpike
section -- suggesting that police are more likely to stop blacks
because as drivers they are likelier to speed.
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