Driving While Black or Driving While Brown has always been somewhat of a hazard, and depending on in what part of the country one happens to be driving, non-white drivers run the risk of getting stopped by cops. But where the stats on police stopping black or Latino drivers seems to be off the charts is our beloved New York City:

From 2005 to 2008, 80 percent of all traffic stops of New Yorkers involved black and Latino drivers, according to the report by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR). That’s shocking, considering blacks and Latinos only account for 25 percent and 28 percent, respectively, of New York City’s population, CCR reported.

By contrast, only 10 percent of traffic stops involved white drivers, who are 44 percent of the city’s population.

MSNBC reports that the arrest and summons rates for these drivers is extremely low “which suggests black and Latino drivers aren’t doing anything wrong at a higher rate than whites to justify being eight times more likely to get stopped.”

What do you think? Have you or anyone you know ever been stopped for DWB?

Via / MSNBC