Most likely, more will follow as defense attorneys and public defenders become more accustomed to using the data associated with an individual officer through such websites as https://opendatapolicing.com/nc/, administered by the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, but making use of the same data we have used throughout this book. These data resources allow an attorney to look up the records of the officer involved in their client’s case to investigate possible patterns of disparate behavior toward drivers of different races. If found, and particularly if combined with evidence that consent
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