This article was published in partnership with The Marshall Project – Cleveland, a nonprofit news team covering Ohio’s criminal justice systems.
For years, Black Clevelanders complained they bore the brunt of traffic citations in this wealthy neighboring village, but only had anecdotes from a local court where long lines of Black people waited to face prosecution and pay fines.
They now have definitive proof: Black drivers have been stopped and ticketed more often than White drivers as they traveled through the village since 2024, according to traffic stop data gathered by The Marshall Project – Cleveland…