Milwaukee Finds Huge Racial Disparities In Traffic Stop Data: Black drivers in Milwaukee were seven times more likely to be pulled over by police than their white counterparts, while Latinos were five times more likely to be stopped, according to a study conducted by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Meaghan Bledsoe-Horton, 23, was born and raised in Milwaukee, a city which recently won the unflattering title of most segregated in the U.S. Random traffic stops are a common occurrence for Bledsoe-Horton, who is black.
Last year, Bledsoe-Horton was driving home when she was stopped in Whitefish Bay, a mostly-white suburb of Milwaukee sometimes referred to by the illustrative epithet, Whitefolk's Bay. With three black male friends in the car, she recalls, she was asked by the police officer if she was lost.
