re: Philadelphia becomes first large city to ban stops for minor traffic violations

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Meh, saves the cop getting shot by some a-hole over a tail light being out as well.

Yep. The average cop on patrol is something like 16 times more likely to be killed by the average black man than the average black man is to be killed by the average cop.

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Literally the most dangerous situation and the most commonly experienced situation for any officer is the traffic stop. It's also the encounter between officer and civilian that leads to the majority of civilian casualties. This is a positive move for safety of citizens and officers.

If the crime the driver is committing isn't bad enough to be worth taking them to jail (i.e. their driving isn't so dangerous that they need to be forcibly removed from the highway), there's no reason to pull them over with the technology we currently have. All it does is provide an opportunity for officers to tack on additional charges to extract revenue or put themselves and civilians in danger.