Editorial: Think carefully before rolling back LAPD on traffic and other duties (via latimesopinion)
. Police ostensibly do traffic enforcement, but there have been periods in which their mission has been to find a reason to stop cars in order to search them for contraband — sometimes drugs but more often illegal weapons, especially during upswings in homicides and other violent crimes.
In some parts of town, being pulled over by the LAPD means getting a ticket. In others, though, especially when the driver is a young Black man, being pulled over often means being removed from the car, sometimes at gunpoint, and being ordered to sit on the curb or being splayed prone on the asphalt while the officer asks “permission” to search the vehicle.
It’s similar in most U.S. cities large and small, where streets are patrolled by armed police. The most notorious recent case may be the, a Black motorist pulled over in a Minneapolis suburb in 2016. Castile properly told the police officer there was a gun in the car to ensure the cop did not panic and turn violent if he saw it; the officer shot Castile to death anyway.Black drivers, especially, know that any police stop has the potential to turn deadly.
Los Angeles City Councilman Marqueece Harris-Dawson and several of his colleagues are calling for city officials
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