Do police disproportionately target Black drivers for traffic stops? This is an important question to ask, but actually answering it poses a surprisingly difficult problem. Join expert Luke Brinkman and guests Sofia Angulo Lopera and Grace Moore to discuss a paper that proposes one way to answer this tricky question.
Read the paper here: https://inplainenglishpod.org/2024/10/08/season-4-episode-1-do-police-target-black-drivers-for-traffic-stops/
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