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1 Nov

The New York Times has published an investigation into police traffic stops and the money machine that uses revenue from these stops to fund the police.

Here are key numbers to know from the series. nyti.ms/3bt7vdY

As the push for traffic ticket revenue persists, driving has become one of the most common daily activities during which people have been shot, Tased, beaten or arrested, often after minor offenses. Many stops have also turned deadly. nyti.ms/3GGY09h

Those hundreds of killings of unarmed motorists across the U.S. by the police were seemingly avoidable. And most of them occurred with impunity. nyti.ms/3GGY09h

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1 Nov

Traffic stops are by far the most common police encounters with U.S. civilians. Driving has become one of the most common daily activities during which people have been Tased, beaten, arrested or even killed, often after committing minor offenses.

To investigate what shapes policing at traffic stops, we reviewed video and audio recordings, prosecutor statements and court documents, finding patterns of questionable police conduct that went beyond recent high-profile deaths of unarmed drivers. nyti.ms/3GGY09h

Many U.S. towns rely on traffic ticket revenue for their budgets — and to pay the salaries of police officers. Hundreds of communities have essentially made officers into revenue agents. And the demand for funding can shape policing. nyti.ms/3BziEVg

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31 Oct

Arrested for busted taillights.

Tased during a stop for missing plates.

Jailed over tinted windows.

Across the U.S., towns rely on traffic ticket revenue for their budgets — and to pay the salaries of the officers responsible for finding violations. nyti.ms/3GwjCoS

Hundreds of communities have essentially made officers into revenue agents. And the drive for funding can shape policing.

As a result, driving's become one of the most common daily activities during which people have been shot, Tased, beaten or arrested after minor offenses.

More than 730 municipalities get at least 10% of their revenue from fines and fees, a New York Times investigation found. Most are in the South and Midwest.

In many cases, officers' salaries — and sometimes, the size of the police force — depend on ticket revenue.

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31 Oct

Traffic stops are by far the most common police encounters with civilians. But the risk to officers has been overstated. The police and the courts presume danger. This has contributed to a series of seemingly avoidable killings across the U.S. nyti.ms/3pUreLV

Police officers have killed more than 400 drivers or passengers over the past five years who were neither wielding a gun or knife, nor under pursuit for a violent crime — a rate of more than one a week, our investigation found. nyti.ms/3Btgx5f

In case after case, officers said they had feared for their lives, and in almost every case prosecutors declared the killings of unarmed motorists legally justifiable. But our investigation found that evidence often contradicted the officers’ accounts. nyti.ms/3Btgx5f

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30 Oct

The FDA’s authorization of a Covid-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 on Friday made 28 million Americans newly eligible for the shot.

But in a nation struggling with vaccine hesitancy, getting shots into little arms may be the toughest challenge yet. nyti.ms/3bpaKTF

According to a survey by Kaiser Family Foundation released Thursday, scarcely one in three parents will permit their children in this newly eligible age group to be vaccinated immediately. Two-thirds were either reluctant or adamantly opposed. nyti.ms/3mrd5nq

Even vaccinated parents who approved the shot for their teens are unsure about allowing their younger children to be inoculated. Some question whether risking the unknowns of a brand-new vaccine is worth it when most Covid cases in kids are mild. nyti.ms/3mrd5nq

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28 Oct

It seemed that everyone knew someone this summer who was vaccinated and had a breakthrough coronavirus infection

But new data sheds light on how common these cases really were, how severe they became and who was most at risk. nyti.ms/2XUEox7

Recently released federal data shows that even during the Delta wave, compared with the unvaccinated, fully vaccinated people had a much lower chance of getting Covid or dying from it. nyti.ms/2XUEox7

Unvaccinated seniors were most likely to die from Covid. While breakthrough deaths were rare, vaccinated people 80 and older had higher death rates than unvaccinated people under 50. nyti.ms/2XUEox7

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