How US police got the deadly power to stop drivers at will
by Julie Livingston and Andrew Ross from on (#68FYR)
The practice has its roots in the 1920s. That it would lead to racial profiling was foreordained
It is no surprise that the pursuit and deadly beating of Tyre Nichols was set in motion by a police traffic stop.
Despite repeated criticism of this practice, and the widespread availability of bodycam and cellphone footage, the number of gruesome fatalities from such encounters shows no sign of declining.
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