One way to prevent fatal police encounters stemming from traffic stops would be to minimize the number of traffic stops altogether.
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Replying to @mtracey
State legislatures could accomplish this by passing laws raising the 'suspicion threshold' required for police to initiate stops.
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In most cases the operative standard is 'reasonable suspicion' -- which basically permits police to pull over anyone for any reason.
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It's no coincidence that so many of these incidents stem from traffic stops -- the liberties of motorists have been systematically curtailed
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you also have to ask yourself who gets stopped & for what.
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decoupling policing with revenue is probably also something worth discussing
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ezpass method. Give them cameras. They can snap a pic, send a ticket in the mail? No actual interaction.
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They already have the technology for that: license plate readers, etc
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