The thing is, the data clearly show that police are using skin color as a signal in deciding who to pull over, and furthermore the data show quite clearly that

The thing is, the data clearly show that police are using skin color as a signal in deciding who to pull over, and furthermore the data show quite clearly that skin color does not correlate with illegal behavior. So even in your "charitable reading" the premise is faulty. Black culture is no more criminal than white culture. For example, black people who are stopped and searched are less likely than white people to have drugs. (This doesn't mean that black people are less likely to have drugs, just that police are more likely to stop black people without probable cause.) [1] [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/25/us/racial-disparity-traffic-stops-driving-black.html http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/25/us/racial-disparity-traffi...