Illegal traffic searches by police to be topic at Penn Law school conference

Illegal traffic searches by police to be topic at UPenn law school conference

Pennsylvania State Police troopers have justified vehicle searches by saying a driver was nervous, sweating, or eating.A PennLive reporter who has investigated “pretextual” car stops was invited to be a member of a panel on the policing of drivers at a University of Pennsylvania Law School symposium Friday.

It will center on three critical questions: who can move, when, and under what circumstances, according to a description of the event. they reviewed 32 cases from 2016 to 2020 that arose from stops by troopers with the Pennsylvania State Police interdiction unit in Cumberland, Franklin, and Dauphin Counties.

According to the series, defense and civil rights attorneys and educators compare the searches to a version of highway stop-and-frisk. But by casting a wide net, however, certain people may be disproportionately targeted despite having done nothing wrong, according to The Appeal and Spotlight PA.

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