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"Of those 150 cases, 91 (61%) brought no felony charges," the report read. "In 119 pretextual stop cases where the final outcome was known, ten ended in conviction, of which only two were felonies.
In 1996, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the constitutionality of the stops. But in recent years, multiple jurisdictions across the country are questioning their benefits.
One outlawed so-called pretextual traffic stops, including for minor violations such as a broken taillight. An officer’s incident report said Nichols was stopped for driving into oncoming traffic.
The law seeks to curb 'pretextual stops,' in which police use a minor infraction as the basis to make a stop and investigate other possible crimes.
State Rep. John Gillespie had sponsored a bill blocking local governments from limiting police departments' ability to conduct traffic stops. Memphis legislator asks for AG opinion on MPD's still ...
The reform was supported by Nichols’ family as well as civil rights groups and activists, who have argued police stops for minor infractions – also called pretextual stops – unfairly target ...
In a pretextual stop (also called an investigatory stop), officers pull over people citing a minor issue, then start asking unrelated questions. University of Kansas professor Charles Epp in a study found that black drivers were three times more likely than whites to be subjected to "pretextual" stops, and five times more likely to be searched ...
State Sen. Brent Taylor filed a bill to prohibit local governments from banning pretextual stops. Here's what the Memphis-area Republican said about it.