Republicans never say “too much government” when it’s police brutality. By a vote of 53-45 Republicans in Virginia’s House of Delegates voted yesterday to pass HB1380 (roll call at bottom) — a bill that would make police traffic stops easier. In 2020, State Senator Louise Lucas (D-Portsmouth) sponsored a bill that became law barring police from stopping people for trivial reasons. The bill that passed the Virginia House yesterday would repeal that language. HB1380 was introduced last year by
The traffic stops targeting Black Virginians are truly horrible, and I long for a day where black parents of new drivers don't feel it's necessary to have "the talk." I'm wondering, though, if some votes for increasing traffic stops in Virginia come from people like me who live in a predominately White neighborhood where there is no police presence stopping drivers who commit all sorts of offences. The worst in my neighborhood are from drivers who not only fail to stop at stop signs but instead shoot through them going way over the speed limit. Send the police to my neighborhood where there are terrible driver offenses and stop wasting time stopping Black drivers who are doing nothing wrong.
The traffic stops targeting Black Virginians are truly horrible, and I long for a day where black parents of new drivers don't feel it's necessary to have "the talk." I'm wondering, though, if some votes for increasing traffic stops in Virginia come from people like me who live in a predominately White neighborhood where there is no police presence stopping drivers who commit all sorts of offences. The worst in my neighborhood are from drivers who not only fail to stop at stop signs but instead shoot through them going way over the speed limit. Send the police to my neighborhood where there are terrible driver offenses and stop wasting time stopping Black drivers who are doing nothing wrong.