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Driving While Black

WBFO analyzed three years of traffic stop receipts issued by the Buffalo Police Department and found that Black drivers are over 3x more likely to be pulled over compared to white drivers. Despite making up just a third of the population of the city, over half of the stop receipts in the dataset were issued to Black drivers. In 22% of cases, officers are not properly recording the race of those they stop, as required by the city’s Right to Know Law. This series includes the original and follow-up reporting from that story.

Driving while Black in Buffalo: Racial disparities in traffic stops in all council districts

Holly Kirkpatrick

WBFO continues reporting on traffic stop receipts issued by the Buffalo Police Department, and finds that Black people are stopped disproportionately to their population in all nine council districts.
Traffic stops: WBFO's 'alarming' findings to be discussed by the Police Oversight Committee

Holly Kirkpatrick

WBFO's analysis of traffic stop receipt data found there are racial disparities in traffic stops conducted by the Buffalo Police Department.
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Driving while Black in Buffalo? You’re over 3x more likely to get stopped by police compared to a white person

Holly Kirkpatrick

A WBFO analysis of stop receipts shows there are racial disparities in traffic stops in Buffalo, with Black people being disproportionately pulled over by the Buffalo Police Department.

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