Driving While Black Case Study

racially profiled has a big effect on the minority community and also the policing community as well. Being a victim of racial profiling hinders the minority communities. It also loses the trust of police officers. When you get pulled over for a minor traffic infraction or just nothing at all the black community calls that driving while black. After you get pulled over the officer will try to find any little thing to keep you there and find reasonable suspicion to search you and your car. Or they can also have a police dog come around your car to try and sniff to see if you are in position of any drugs. That is my definition of driving while black. There are many cases of driving while black. For example, in a case study from the Washington monthly they found that African American drivers that are pulled over from the age of 25 and younger they are 28 percent more likely to be searched While whites are at 12 percent. This number is extremely unpaporitnate saying that African Americans make up 13.8 percent of the population. Because of driving while black many people have lost their life’s like Walter Scott. According to CNN on April 4 in North Charleston, South Carolina, Walter Scott was stopped for a broken tail light. During the traffic stop Scott exited the car and fled on foot. The office caught up to Scott and tried to bring …show more content…
According to CNN On July 10th in Texas, Sandra Bland was puled over for failure to us a turn signal. The trooper issued a warning but before he let her go he asked Bland why she was mad. He then ordered Bland to put out her cigarette and step out of her car. She then refuses to comply with the trooper. The trooper then draws his Taser. He opened the driver door and demanded that Bland gets out of the car. Bland was arrested and taken to jail where she was later found dead. Even though this death did not happen during the traffic stop it happened because she was racially