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A new analysis shows Bratenahl’s pattern of disproportionately ticketing Black drivers continued in the aftermath of a 2022 Marshall Project - Cleveland and WEWS News 5 investigation.
Bratenahl Police Chief Charles LoBello said the data collected after the policy change affirms the need for including race on traffic stop data. He sees ticketed Black people line up every two weeks to get into Bratenahl's Mayor’s Court, he said. Mayor Keith Benjamin said he now plans to require that all 17 officers take additional bias-free policing training to address the suburb’s reputation of disproportionate ticketing.
The high cost of collecting ticket revenue from poor Black Cleveland residents has kept hundreds, if not several thousand, trapped in Ohio’s license-suspension cycle as they struggle to maintain payment plans and meet other requirements before they can apply for reinstatement. He also plans to introduce legislation to the village council that would prohibit using race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation/identity, among others, as the basis for a traffic stop.
But Brent has not finalized the proposal. She told a reporter in July 2023 that she was working on a bill.
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