Resource: Michigan State Police Hires Experts to Investigate Whether Troopers Racially Profile Drivers of Color

DETROIT – Today the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan (ACLU) settled a lawsuit filed against the Michigan State Police (MSP) on behalf of two of many African Americans who MSP has stopped in racially disproportionate numbers. This lawsuit is just the latest in a series of ACLU of Michigan advocacy efforts over the last six years, urging and moving the MSP to work with external experts to identify the causes of their racially disproportionate traffic stops. Due to the ACLU of Michigan’s advocacy, the MSP now transparently documents the race of drivers in their traffic stop data. After the ACLU’s lawsuit was filed, MSP hired a firm to analyze and determine why troopers disproportionately pull over drivers of color.