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Abstract
Studies have shown that there have been instances of bias within Law Enforcement agencies, and disproportionality among traffic stops involving Black drivers. These are important studies, however, there has not been extensive research on whether a widely publicized interaction involving police influences traffic patterns in other cities. This study aims to address how the death of George Floyd impacted the number of traffic stops seen among Black drivers in the state of North Carolina as well as it aims to determine if there were disproportionate traffic patterns among minority races over a span of a year using a T-test of proportions. These findings were statistically significant, which can be beneficial in strengthening the argument that there is disproportionality among races, as well as it can provide insight on how publicized interactions involving law enforcement officers have an effect across the United States. This study provides a basis for future research to potentially provide methods to decrease disproportionality in traffic stops among races in the United States.