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Virginia Police Officers Will Now Ask Racial Questions At Traffic Stops

Ashe Schow
Virginia Police Officers Will Now Ask Racial Questions At Traffic Stops
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Anyone who gets pulled over in Virginia will now be subjected to a series of racial questions thanks to a new law called The Community Policing Act.

For years we have been told that asking about race is considered a microaggression — not exactly racist, but with racist undertones. Now police officers will be required to ask such questions each time they make a traffic stop in order to collect information to prove whether or not their department is racist.

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