Schmitz, Rob
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In September, researchers at the University of Minnesota Law School released a controversial study on traffic stops. It found law enforcement officers around the state were stopping and searching Black, Latino, and American Indian drivers at greater rates than White drivers. Some city's police departments that participated in the study have vowed to do tackle the issue. Others, like Rochester's police department, have responded by calling the study flawed. This response has underscored the debate in Rochester over the police department's treatment of minorities. Mainstreet Radio's Rob Schmitz reports. {WC Jordan moved to Rochester to become a manager at the IBM plant in 1997. By then, Rochester had consistently ranked among Money Magazine's most livable cities in the nation. But Jordan, an African-American began to question the city's 'livability' soon after his move. On his way home from working the night shift, he says, it wasn't uncommon to be stopped by the city's police.
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