Stop Racial Profiling

In Champaign and Urbana, Black drivers make up one third of all traffic stops while they are only 12% of the population.
Minority drivers are 1.71 times more likely to be stopped by police in Champaign and 1.47 times more likely to be stopped in Urbana than whites.
Black men are routinely being stopped, searched, checked for backgrounds, arrested for possession of small amounts of drugs, or charged with obstruction of justice.
link to IDOT report for Champaign - coming soon
link to IDOT report for Urbana - coming soon



Priorities for Justice About Us Meetings are every Saturday at 4 PM in the Independent Media Center in the downtown Urbana post office building.		Stop Racial Profiling In Champaign and Urbana, Black drivers make up one third of all traffic stops while they are only 12% of the population. Minority drivers are 1.71 times more likely to be stopped by police in Champaign and 1.47 times more likely to be stopped in Urbana than whites. Black men are routinely being stopped, searched, checked for backgrounds, arrested for possession of small amounts of drugs, or charged with obstruction of justice. link to IDOT report for Champaign - coming soon link to IDOT report for Urbana - coming soon More coming soon ...