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Report analyzes racial profiling in California traffic stops

FILE - A California Highway Patrol officer stops a motorist who was suspected of speeding along Interstate 5 freeway on April 23, 2020, in Anaheim, Calif. California law enforcement was more than twice as likely to use force against people they perceived as Black during vehicle and pedestrian stops in 2021, as compared to people believed to be white, according to a state report released Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File) FILE - A California Highway Patrol officer stops a motorist who was suspected of speeding along Interstate 405 freeway on April 23, 2020, in Westminster, Calif. California law enforcement was more than twice as likely to use force against people they perceived as Black during vehicle and pedestrian stops in 2021, as compared to people believed to be white, according to a state report released Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)
Report analyzes racial profiling in California traffic stops