Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The PAC should be asking how to help police fight violent crime
Well, there are a few questions about pretextual traffic stops. Pretextual traffic stops are an effective way to get guns off the street and find dangerous criminals before they act. I think pretextual traffic stops are great -- I am white and have had them happen to me many times, and while being pulled over by police is never fun, I am all in favor of them as a means of reducing crime.
The report linked above (on the meeting invite link) shows that the PAC is against pretextual stops. Their argument is that the number of guns taken off the street through traffic stops isn’t statistically high enough to make the practice useful. I suspect the people whose lives were saved when those guns were recovered would disagree, but I digress.
Their idea is that police should dramatically reduce how many stops they make, mostly by ending all stops for minor offenses. Simultaneously, the police are supposed to stop traffic accidents. (I’m as confused as you are.)
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