UVM study confirms racial bias in car searches

A University of Vermont professor whose study of racial bias in car searches by Vermont police was criticized by law enforcement as methodologically flawed, has released a new study confirming her original findings.Stephanie Seguino, a professor of economics at UVM, last year released the results of a study of car searches in 2015 — the first year police officers recorded the perceived race of drivers on police reports. Titled “Driving While Black or Brown in Vermont,” the stu