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Residents urge Richmond council to ban predictive policing and demand consistent traffic‑stop data
Summary
Members of the Richmond Transparency and Accountability Project told the public safety committee that Black drivers face disproportionate traffic stops and urged council to ban predictive policing, require the police to publish clearer traffic‑stop data and work with the Commonwealth's attorney to decriminalize certain misdemeanors.
Members of the Richmond Transparency and Accountability Project told the Public Safety Standing Committee that racial disparities in traffic stops demand immediate policy attention.
Public commenter Dream Boyd described a December 2020 traffic stop she said left her "traumatized," saying officers handcuffed and searched her and her brother. "Now, since that every time I see the blue lights, I'm in panic. My heart is racing," she said.
The group pressed the committee to take three steps: pass an ordinance banning predictive policing in Richmond, require the Richmond Police Department (RPD) to publish more consistent traffic‑stop data, and encourage the Commonwealth's attorney to decriminalize…
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