Black drivers in Mo. still stopped at higher rate

Last year, the rate at which black drivers were stopped on Missouri roads relative to their share of the population was the highest it has been since the state began collecting data in 2000.

State Attorney General Chris Koster's annual report, released yesterday, indicates African Americans were 75 percent more likely to get pulled over than white drivers in 2014. That's up from 2013 and above the 31 percent figure in 2000, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

“While statistical disproportion does not prove that law enforcement officers are making vehicle stops based on the perceived race or ethnicity of the driver,” Koster’s office wrote, “this compilation and analysis of data provides law enforcement, legislators and the public a starting point as they consider improvements to process and changes to policy to address these issues.”

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