Document Title: Racial Profiling Within Law Enforcement Agencies
Document Description: Congressional Hearing: Hearing before the Subcom on Constitution, Federalism, and Property Rights to consider S. 821 (text, p. 65-68), the Traffic Stops Statistics Study Act of 1999, to require the Department of Justice to conduct a study, based on police data, of the race and other characteristics of drivers stopped for alleged traffic violations and the rationale for subsequent vehicle searches. Bill responds to concerns that police unfairly target African American men and other minorities for routine traffic stops and search their vehicles for contraband, including drugs.
Publication Year: 2000
Publication: Hearing – Hearings Published
ProQuest Product: ProQuest Congressional
Source Institution: Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.