[Rotten to the Core] Freedom of Movement Restricted, 4th Amendment Rights Imaginary for Blacks in White, Liberal, Racist NYC: Data Shows NYPD are More Likely to Stop, Arrest, Search Black Motorists

From [HERE] Black drivers in New York City were more likely to have their vehicles searched or arrested than any other racial group in the first half of 2022, according to new city data shared with the Daily News.

When the race or ethnicity of drivers was known, about 4% of black drivers stopped were arrested, the data show. Approximately 3% of Latinos and 1% of Whites, Asians and Pacific Islanders who were stopped were eventually arrested.

Vehicle search percentages were the same — 4% of Black men stopped had their vehicles searched, compared to 3% of Latinos and 1% of Whites, as well as Asians and Pacific Islanders.

Around 8,154 arrests during motor vehicle stops led to arrests in the first half of 2022 – that is around 2% of the total of 358,895 stops.

More minority drivers are being pulled over by the NYPD, city data shared with the Daily News shows.

Police have stepped up traffic surveillance in the city since last winter, data shows.

The number of freeway stops increased by about 3% in the second three months of 2022, according to the data. From April through late June, NYPD officers made 182,142 traffic stops — 5,389 more than from January through March, when they made 176,753 traffic stops.

The growing number of vehicle stops affects the New York Civil Liberties Union, which says police need to be more vigilant to make fair decisions about who to stop.

“Given the long history of police bias over hitchhiking, it is alarming that the NYPD’s vehicle stop count is approaching 200,000 every three months,” said Christopher Dunn, NYCLU legal director. “This staggering number shows that there needs to be much more scrutiny into how drivers are treated by the NYPD.”

Black motorists accounted for 31% of cars stopped in the city in the first six months of 2022, when the driver race was known, the data shows. That’s out of all proportion to the city’s population, which is about 20% black, according to the Department of Urban Planning.

Latino motorists accounted for about 28% of cars stopped in the first half of 2022. That’s the city’s population, which is also about 28% Latino.

New data shows black drivers are more likely to be arrested than other groups in New York City. (Jeff Bachner/for New York Daily News)

White drivers accounted for 27% of traffic stops – slightly less than their 31% of the city’s population. Asian and Pacific islanders accounted for about 13% of traffic stops, while Asians make up about 16% of the urban population.

Although black drivers were more likely to be arrested, they were significantly less likely to receive subpoenas.

About 66% of black motorists stopped received a subpoena, NYPD data shows. About 72% of Whites, 77% of Asians and Pacific Islanders, and 84% of Latinos stopped received a subpoena.

The NYPD this year began releasing quarterly traffic stop data under a law passed by the City Council in 2021. When the data for the first quarter was released in May, the department said in a press release that motorists’ races over by police were “approximately proportional to the city’s overall racial demographics.”