The ACLU report, along with a national public education campaign and ACLU-led litigation challenging racial profiling in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Oklahoma, New Jersey and California, is helping to convince an increasing number of law enforcement agencies to review how traffic stops are being conducted. Numerous law enforcement agencies nationwide now voluntarily collect data during traffic stops. Racial profiling has been statistically documented across the country, and the reports we receive suggest that the practice occurs in Missouri as well. LeMieux said his office has received numerous complaints of racial profiling by police. Frequent targets include black males, particularly those in nice cars or those in predominantly white neighborhoods.
People of color call it one of the most prominent examples of racism thriving in American society.