{"id":2171,"date":"2020-03-18T05:25:05","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T09:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/?p=2171"},"modified":"2020-03-15T10:53:38","modified_gmt":"2020-03-15T14:53:38","slug":"massachusetts-sjc-to-address-racial-disparity-in-motor-vehicle-stops-by-the-boston-police-in-commonwealth-v-edward-long","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/massachusetts-sjc-to-address-racial-disparity-in-motor-vehicle-stops-by-the-boston-police-in-commonwealth-v-edward-long\/","title":{"rendered":"Massachusetts SJC to address racial disparity in motor vehicle stops by the Boston police in Commonwealth v. Edward Long"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court heard oral arguments on March 3rd in the case of <em>Commonwealth v. Edward Long<\/em>, SJC-1286<a href=\"https:\/\/boston.suffolk.edu\/sjc\/archive.php\">8<\/a>, that deal with the issue of disparity treatment and discriminatory enforcement of traffic laws by the Boston police. \u00a0In this case, the defense lawyer presented a compelling statistical case that race played a role in the traffic stop. \u00a0Under the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment and Article 1 Section 10 of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights, a defendant who shows discriminatory enforcement of the laws can have the case dismissed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What happened in the Long Case? \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <em>Long<\/em> case involved two officers on the gang unit who were essentially profiling cars, finding minor reasons to stop the car, with the hopes of discovering further evidence that would lead to an arrest. \u00a0Two officers were involved in the stop of the defendant, Officer Rodriguez and Lopes. \u00a0The defendant was stopped for an expired inspection sticker after the officers randomly ran his plate, according to their testimony at the motion hearing. \u00a0Officer Rodriguez testified that giving traffic citation was not a primary concern of the gang unit; he testified that he gave out 5 citation out of 1000 cars that he stopped for traffic violations. \u00a0He testified a lot of arrests start out as average traffic stops.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/massachusetts-sjc-to-address-racial-disparity-in-motor-vehicle-stops-by-the-boston-police-in-commonwealth-v-edward-long\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Massachusetts SJC to address racial disparity in motor vehicle stops by the Boston police in Commonwealth v. 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