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Most people are stopped when driving - but most minorities are stopped while on foot, the report found (Photo: EPA-EFE/Robert Ghement)

EU report sheds light on police profiling

On the first anniversary of the death of George Floyd, murdered by Minneapolis police in the US and sparking a global protest movement over racial discrimination and police brutality, the EU's Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) took a look at police stops and racial profiling across the EU bloc.

The police most often stop men, young people, ethnic minorities, Muslims, or people who do not identify as heterosexual, the

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

Most people are stopped when driving - but most minorities are stopped while on foot, the report found (Photo: EPA-EFE/Robert Ghement)

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

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