‘Forty stops, two tickets:’ LA City Council votes to end pretextual police stops

In a unanimous vote Wednesday, the Los Angeles City Council moved to end the Police Department’s use of pretextual stops, a law enforcement tactic long criticized by civil rights advocates who say it disproportionately targets Black and Latino residents. Pretextual stops occur when officers pull over or detain someone for a minor violation as a […]In a unanimous vote Wednesday, the Los Angeles City Council moved to end the Police Department’s use of pretextual stops, a law enforcement tactic long criticized by civil rights advocates who say it disproportionately targets Black and Latino residents. Pretextual stops occur when officers pull over or detain someone for a minor violation as a […]