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DPS troopers make a traffic stop in southeast Austin on Aug. 7, 2023.

Texas state troopers are routinely stopping motorists of color in Austin, data shows

More than 8 in 10 people charged by state troopers since they began helping Austin police have been people of color. In Southeast Austin, a neighborhood president calls it “outright racial profiling.”


DPS troopers make a traffic stop in southeast Austin on Aug. 7, 2023.
DPS troopers patrol at the corner of Montopolis Dr. and E. Riverside Dr. in southeast Austin on Aug. 7, 2023.
DPS troopers make a traffic stop in southeast Austin on Aug. 7, 2023.
DPS troopers make a traffic stop in southeast Austin on Aug. 7, 2023.
DPS troopers make a traffic stop in southeast Austin on Aug. 7, 2023.

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