The head of the state police is disputing allegations of racial profiling in Operation Lone Star traffic stops and of coziness with white nationalists who...
In June, though, a Tarleton State University research team that conducted a state-imposed review of 2021 traffic stops found “concerning” data. Racial profiling may sway state highway patrol officers to excessively pull over Hispanic motorists and subject them to searches, the Stephenville school’s
A low rate of finding contraband, combined with a high rate of stopping and searching vehicles operated by Black or Hispanic motorists, is a red flag that racial profiling may be occuring,Detainees under Abbott’s Operation Lone Star in Texas lack proper legal access “We stand by our research findings,” del Carmen said. “We also reached out to DPS and offered to assist them in further analysis of their data.”
The groups examined 18 affidavits from vehicle stops in Kinney and Val Verde counties, most involving relatively minor traffic offenses, such as having temporary tags that were unreadable or failing to dim headlights. Some of the stops were prolonged because troopers spotted items such as backpacks, Huddleston noted. A lengthy stop based on such a pretext is unconstitutional, she said.
McCraw said the 18 stops have been referred by DPS administration to the department’s inspector general, Phillip Ayalla, who has begun to investigate. McCraw also said he’s commissioned a separate academic study of whether DPS has racially profiled motorists.He denied assertions that DPS is friendly with and has ties to North Texas white supremacist group leader Lucas “Rooster” Denney.
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