By Maya Brown and Emma Tucker, CNN US, October 30, 2021
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.
The Driving Equality Bill, passed 14-2 by the city councilon October 14, categorizes certain motor vehicle code violations as "primary violations," which allow officers to pull people over in the name of public safety, and "secondary violations" that don't meet the criteria for a lawful traffic stop, according to the office of Councilmember Isaiah Thomas, who authored the bill.
he bill will take effect 120 days after Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney signs it into law, which his office said he intends to do.
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