The disappearance of Hispanic drivers from traffic records

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“If Everybody’s White, There Can’t Be Any Racial Bias”: The Disappearance of Hispanic Drivers From Traffic Records <[link removed]> In Louisiana, law enforcement agencies have been accused of targeting Hispanic drivers in traffic stops and identifying them as white on tickets. Misidentification makes it impossible to track racial bias, experts say. by Richard A. Webster

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Three Children Attacked a Black Woman. A Sheriff’s Deputy Arrived — and Beat Her More. <[link removed]> Black residents of Louisiana’s Jefferson Parish have long accused the Sheriff’s Office of targeting them. A new video, which shows a deputy slamming a Black woman’s head into the ground, raises more questions. by Richard A. Webster, WRKF and WWNO <[link removed]>

ACLU Calls On Federal Prosecutors to Investigate the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office <[link removed]> Despite years of complaints against the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, the DOJ has not stepped in to help. Following our investigation, the ACLU renews the call to action and has asked the DOJ to launch an investigation. by Richard A. Webster, WRKF and WWNO <[link removed]>

“They Saw Me and Thought the Worst” <[link removed]> For years, Black residents of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, have voiced complaints about abuses and a lack of accountability within its Sheriff’s Office. Unlike in neighboring New Orleans, no one has stepped in to help. by Richard A. Webster, WRKF and WWNO, photography by Kathleen Flynn, special to ProPublica <[link removed]>

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