>>>  THE MAYORAL ELECTION ,   OFFERS  FRESH INSIGHTS  THAT  MAY  PERSIST AMONG  FINDINGS .
WE HAVE LAUREN JONES , WITH  BPI  AND THE FREE TO MOVE  COALITION.
AND, THE DIRECTOR   OF ADVOCACY , AND COORDINATOR   FOR THE FREE TO MOVE  MOVEMENT    TO CREATE A MORE RACIALLY   EQUITABLE TRAFFIC  AND THEY DID  SEND A STATEMENT THAT WE WILL   GET TO, LATER.
LAUREN JONES,   WHAT ARE THE MAIN TAKEAWAYS?
>>  THE MAIN THING THAT WE TOOK  AWAY IS THAT  THE CHICAGO   POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS MADE AN   ALARMING NUMBER OF TRAFFIC  STOPS AND MADE  600,000 .
IT'S  BACK ON THE RISE IN 2021.
>> WE HAVE A GRAPH, BY THE WAY.
YOU CAN SPEAK MORE DIRECTLY TO  THAT.
WHY DO YOU THINK THAT   THE INCREASE IS HAPPENING?
>>  AS YOU SEE IN THE SPIKE,    WITH THE AMOUNT OF PEDESTRIANS   , THAT THEY FOUND THAT THE STOP  AND FRISK WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
>>  AND,  LAURA JONES, ASIDE   FROM THE SPIKES IN THE NUMBER   OF STOPS , WHAT ELSE DOES THE   CITY TELL YOU ABOUT RACIAL  INEQUITY?
>> WE ARE TAKING A REALLY CLOSE  LOOK AT THOSE INEQUITIES THAT   WE SEE ACROSS CHICAGO.
THESE   DRIVERS ARE TWICE AS LIKELY TO   BE STOPPED.
20%  OF TRAFFIC   STOPS HAPPEN IN TWO POLICE  DISTRICTS .
THAT'S IN GARFIELD  PARK AND INGLEWOOD , WHERE WE   SEE 5% OF THE CITIES POPULATION   AND YOU SEE THAT THESE DRIVERS  ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE STOPPED.
>> AND YOU'VE HAD EXPERIENCES   WITH THAT.
>>  I'VE BEEN GETTING PULLED  OVER BY POLICE  THROUGHOUT MY   LIFE, INTO MY EARLY 20s  AND AS  I GET OLDER, I HOPE THAT THESE   SITUATIONS WOULD STOP, BUT THEY  HAVEN'T.
EACH TIME, I GET A   PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE FROM IT.
I GET NERVOUS.
THIS IS A  CONVERSATION  THAT'S HAPPENING   ALL OVER , HAVING THESE  REACTIONS.
>>  I HAVE BEEN STOPPED.
I WAS  STOPPED WHEN I WAS LEAVING MY   JOB.
I WAS PULLED OVER  AND  ASKED  WHERE I WAS GOING AND   THEN I WAS TOLD I HAD AN   EXPIRED REGISTRATION TAG,  AND   IT HAD JUST EXPIRED  BUT I WAS  NOT  CITED, AND LESS THAN 5%    OF STOPS RESULT IN THAT.
>>  OKAY,  SAY MY REGISTRATION  TAG IS EXPIRED , THEY GIVE ME A  CITATION, THEY DON'T, NO HARM,   NO FOUL.
IT GOES AWAY,  IN A   SENSE.
>> I THINK IS A's EXAMPLE   PAINTS A PICTURE , THAT  PHYSIOLOGICAL  RESPONSE, AND   JUST WANTING TO GET FROM POINT  A TO POINT B WITHOUT REAL  INTERFERENCE.
IT MAKES A BIGGER   IMPACT ON BLACK AND LATINO  COMMUNITIES  AND THAT INCLUDES   THINGS LIKE ARREST, AND    CITATIONS.
>>  YOU DID RECEIVE A STATEMENT  FROM THE CHICAGO POLICE  DEPARTMENT AND THEY SAID  THAT  OFFICERS  ONLY CONDUCT  TRAFFIC  STOPS IF THEY HAVE PROBABLE  CAUSE , OR EVIDENCE THAT A   CRIME HAS BEEN COMMITTED OR IS  ABOUT TO BE COMMITTED.
CPD    MANDATES THIS .
WHAT'S YOUR   REACTION TO THAT STATEMENT?
>>  IN MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE   AND EXPANSIVE MANY PEOPLE,  WE   GET PULLED OVER FOR A BROKEN  TAIL LIGHT, FOR EXAMPLE.
AND   THEN THEY ASK IF WE HAVE A GUN,   THEY ARE ASKING FOR NAMES, THE  ASKING FOR THINGS THAT HAVE  NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT.
>>  AND YOUR REACTION?
>>  THEY SUGGEST  THAT THEY ARE  MAKING STOPS WHERE THEY HAVE   SOME SUSPICION THAT CERTAIN ACT  OF HE IS HAPPENING .
HOW MANY   STOPS AND MAKING  WHERE THEY  CONTINUE  TO INVESTIGATE  WHERE  THERE ARE RARELY ANY SIGNS?
THIS CAN DO IMMENSE HARM.
>>  IN THE CURRENT MAYORAL   RACE, THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF  ATTENTION.
HOW DOES THIS STUDY   SORT OF INFORMED  WHAT SHOULD  BE ON THE TABLE?
>>  WE NEED TO LISTEN TO WHAT   COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE SAYING .
IF THIS WAS ADDRESSED FROM THE  BEGINNING, WE WOULDN'T BE HERE   RIGHT NOW.
>> HAVE WE GOTTEN ANY   PRELIMINARY FEEDBACK?
ASIDE   FROM THE STATE?
>>  PEOPLE ARE EXCITED THAT WE   ARE LOOKING AT THIS ISSUE , AT   PUBLIC SAFETY AND POLICING IN   THEIR COMMUNITY.
THEY WANT  TO