(excerpt) Police officers in California can no longer ask, “Do you know why I pulled you over?” [Assembly Bill] 2773 is intended to limit what are called “pretext stops” — when a police officer pulls a motorist over for a minor infraction, like a broken taillight — to be able to then search the vehicle for illegal items like drugs.
Black motorists across California are far more likely to be stopped by the police than their white counterparts, according to research by the nonprofit organization San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR).
