2003 Illinois state law has failed to reform racial profiling in traffic stops
Two decades after the law was enacted, a WBEZ investigation finds that Illinois traffic stops of Black drivers have reached a 20-year high.
The Illinois Traffic Stop Statistical Study Act was widely hailed as a tool that would change police practices and prevent officers from disproportionately pulling over Black drivers.
In fact, Black drivers have only become more likely to be stopped since the law went into effect.
Reset learns more about the findings.
GUESTS: Matt Kiefer, WBEZ data editor, digital
Alden Loury, WBEZ data projects editor
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2003 Illinois state law has failed to reform racial profiling in traffic stops
Two decades after the law was enacted, a WBEZ investigation finds that Illinois traffic stops of Black drivers have reached a 20-year high.
The Illinois Traffic Stop Statistical Study Act was widely hailed as a tool that would change police practices and prevent officers from disproportionately pulling over Black drivers.
In fact, Black drivers have only become more likely to be stopped since the law went into effect.
Reset learns more about the findings.
GUESTS: Matt Kiefer, WBEZ data editor, digital
Alden Loury, WBEZ data projects editor