San Francisco Know Your Rights: Police Pretext Stops

Pretext stops are when an officer uses a minor traffic violation, such as expired registration, as an excuse to pull someone over and investigate them further. Statistics show that police target Black and Brown drivers at far greater rates, increasing the chances of needless entanglement with the criminal legal system or officer violence.

San Francisco recently updated its policies to limit pretext stops, and in this training ACLU NorCal Criminal Justice Director Yoel Haile explains what that means for you.