>>> THE MAYORAL ELECTION , OFFERS FRESH INSIGHTS THAT MAY PERSIST AMONG FINDINGS .

WE HAVE LAUREN JONES , WITH BPI AND THE FREE TO MOVE COALITION.

AND, THE DIRECTOR OF ADVOCACY , AND COORDINATOR FOR THE FREE TO MOVE MOVEMENT TO CREATE A MORE RACIALLY EQUITABLE TRAFFIC AND THEY DID SEND A STATEMENT THAT WE WILL GET TO, LATER.

LAUREN JONES, WHAT ARE THE MAIN TAKEAWAYS?

>> THE MAIN THING THAT WE TOOK AWAY IS THAT THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS MADE AN ALARMING NUMBER OF TRAFFIC STOPS AND MADE 600,000 .

IT'S BACK ON THE RISE IN 2021.

>> WE HAVE A GRAPH, BY THE WAY.

YOU CAN SPEAK MORE DIRECTLY TO THAT.

WHY DO YOU THINK THAT THE INCREASE IS HAPPENING?

>> AS YOU SEE IN THE SPIKE, WITH THE AMOUNT OF PEDESTRIANS , THAT THEY FOUND THAT THE STOP AND FRISK WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

>> AND, LAURA JONES, ASIDE FROM THE SPIKES IN THE NUMBER OF STOPS , WHAT ELSE DOES THE CITY TELL YOU ABOUT RACIAL INEQUITY?

>> WE ARE TAKING A REALLY CLOSE LOOK AT THOSE INEQUITIES THAT WE SEE ACROSS CHICAGO.

THESE DRIVERS ARE TWICE AS LIKELY TO BE STOPPED.

20% OF TRAFFIC STOPS HAPPEN IN TWO POLICE DISTRICTS .

THAT'S IN GARFIELD PARK AND INGLEWOOD , WHERE WE SEE 5% OF THE CITIES POPULATION AND YOU SEE THAT THESE DRIVERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE STOPPED.

>> AND YOU'VE HAD EXPERIENCES WITH THAT.

>> I'VE BEEN GETTING PULLED OVER BY POLICE THROUGHOUT MY LIFE, INTO MY EARLY 20s AND AS I GET OLDER, I HOPE THAT THESE SITUATIONS WOULD STOP, BUT THEY HAVEN'T.

EACH TIME, I GET A PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE FROM IT.

I GET NERVOUS.

THIS IS A CONVERSATION THAT'S HAPPENING ALL OVER , HAVING THESE REACTIONS.

>> I HAVE BEEN STOPPED.

I WAS STOPPED WHEN I WAS LEAVING MY JOB.

I WAS PULLED OVER AND ASKED WHERE I WAS GOING AND THEN I WAS TOLD I HAD AN EXPIRED REGISTRATION TAG, AND IT HAD JUST EXPIRED BUT I WAS NOT CITED, AND LESS THAN 5% OF STOPS RESULT IN THAT.

>> OKAY, SAY MY REGISTRATION TAG IS EXPIRED , THEY GIVE ME A CITATION, THEY DON'T, NO HARM, NO FOUL.

IT GOES AWAY, IN A SENSE.

>> I THINK IS A's EXAMPLE PAINTS A PICTURE , THAT PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE, AND JUST WANTING TO GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B WITHOUT REAL INTERFERENCE.

IT MAKES A BIGGER IMPACT ON BLACK AND LATINO COMMUNITIES AND THAT INCLUDES THINGS LIKE ARREST, AND CITATIONS.

>> YOU DID RECEIVE A STATEMENT FROM THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY SAID THAT OFFICERS ONLY CONDUCT TRAFFIC STOPS IF THEY HAVE PROBABLE CAUSE , OR EVIDENCE THAT A CRIME HAS BEEN COMMITTED OR IS ABOUT TO BE COMMITTED.

CPD MANDATES THIS .

WHAT'S YOUR REACTION TO THAT STATEMENT?

>> IN MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AND EXPANSIVE MANY PEOPLE, WE GET PULLED OVER FOR A BROKEN TAIL LIGHT, FOR EXAMPLE.

AND THEN THEY ASK IF WE HAVE A GUN, THEY ARE ASKING FOR NAMES, THE ASKING FOR THINGS THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT.

>> AND YOUR REACTION?

>> THEY SUGGEST THAT THEY ARE MAKING STOPS WHERE THEY HAVE SOME SUSPICION THAT CERTAIN ACT OF HE IS HAPPENING .

HOW MANY STOPS AND MAKING WHERE THEY CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE WHERE THERE ARE RARELY ANY SIGNS?

THIS CAN DO IMMENSE HARM.

>> IN THE CURRENT MAYORAL RACE, THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF ATTENTION.

HOW DOES THIS STUDY SORT OF INFORMED WHAT SHOULD BE ON THE TABLE?

>> WE NEED TO LISTEN TO WHAT COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE SAYING .

IF THIS WAS ADDRESSED FROM THE BEGINNING, WE WOULDN'T BE HERE RIGHT NOW.

>> HAVE WE GOTTEN ANY PRELIMINARY FEEDBACK?

ASIDE FROM THE STATE?

>> PEOPLE ARE EXCITED THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS ISSUE , AT PUBLIC SAFETY AND POLICING IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

THEY WANT TO