(CNN) When Philadelphia's mayor signs landmark legislation as soon as this week, the city will become the first major US city to ban police from stopping drivers for low-level traffic violations -- stops that studies show target Black drivers at disproportionately higher rates. While Philadelphia is the largest city to ban such traffic stops, some local and state governments have also enacted similar policies. So, by saying these violations no longer matter, then to the extent that they impact public safety, then public safety will be negatively impacted," Kenney added. "I am humbled by every person who told my office of the humiliation and trauma experienced in some of these traffic stops," Thomas said. "These bills end the traffic stops that promote discrimination while keeping the traffic stops that promote public safety," his office said in a press release.

Source: CNN October 31, 2021 15:03 UTC