Members of Empower Missouri, Missouri Faith Voices, the NAACP, and the Human Rights Task Force allowed the media to listen in as they talked about the results in the state-wide 2017 Vehicle Stops Report.

Attorney General, Josh Hawley, released the full report on Friday. According to the report, in Missouri, blacks were stopped 85% more than whites.

Nimrod Chapel, president of the Missouri NAACP chapter, emphasized the problem this report outlines. He referenced the national NAACP travel advisory issued in August 2017 for the state of Missouri, and said it is still in effect.

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