Report: Police stop blacks more often than whites

Tuesday, June 11, 2019 ~ Updated 9:50 PM

Black residents in the Missouri locales of Cape Girardeau, Charleston and Sikeston are stopped in their vehicles by police at a higher rate than those communities' white residents, according to data released by the Missouri Attorney General's Office.

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