By PHIL MAGERS DALLAS, March 11 : Texas legislators are being asked to ban consent searches during traffic stops after a statewide study found that police officers were more likely to search blacks and Latinos than Anglos.
A bipartisan group of three lawmakers introduced bills supported by a coalition of civil rights groups that sponsored the study reported to be the most exhaustive racial-profiling study ever done in the United States.
Researchers said about 60 percent of the police departments reported searching blacks and Latinos at higher rates than whites, but they found no more contraband or "hits" in the vehicles of the minorities than they did of the white drivers.
The Texas chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, a member of the coalition, said the study showed that the consent searches or "no cause" searches are harassment and an unnecessary intrusion into the lives of everyday citizens. <snip>
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