Traffic Stops

Commentary October 8, 2018

Supreme Court lets stand lower court ruling extending pretextual stops to parking infractions.

By Katy Naples-Mitchell

Feature June 21, 2017

New data shows legalization leads to fewer encounters between cops and drivers, but racial disparities remain.

By Justin George and Eric Sagara

News January 16, 2017

The question is trickier than you’d think for police, and the courts, to answer.

By Beth Schwartzapfel

News June 21, 2016

An attempt to find out confronts a frayed patchwork of data across the country.

By Vignesh Ramachandran and Katie Kramon

News October 6, 2015

In North Carolina case on racial profiling, U.S. suffers its first loss.

By Simone Weichselbaum

News August 17, 2015

In New York, darkened car windows lead to more police encounters than stop and frisk.

By Alysia Santo

News August 10, 2015

Getting caught in a speed trap in a small Louisiana town.

By Ken Armstrong

News August 3, 2015

Even hanging an air freshener.

By Ken Armstrong

News July 22, 2015

And it has nothing to do with the arrest itself.

By Eli Hager

Asked and Answered March 25, 2015

A New York City cop of over 20 years on the media’s ignorance, the benefits of stop-and-frisk, and why he wishes he could live in New Jersey.

By The Marshall Project