LATINOS, BLACKS MORE LIKELY TO BE ARRESTED, STUDY SAYS

The California Highway Patrol was slightly more likely to arrest Latinos
and blacks than whites, according to a CHP report that looked at 2.1
million traffic stops over nine months.

Latinos made up 30.4 percent of the state's population, 26.1 percent of
traffic stops, and 34.7 percent of arrests, the CHP statistics show.

Blacks made up 6.8 percent of the population, 7.6 percent of traffic stops,
but 9.2 percent of arrests.

Whites made up about 51 percent of the population in 1999, but accounted
for more than 55 percent of those drivers pulled over for traffic stops,
the report says. Whites were 47.6 percent of arrests, it says.