An Aboriginal teenager is pulled over by officers claiming the teen rolled through a stop sign rather than coming to a complete stop.The officers complete a full vehicle search without due cause other than the belief that Aboriginal teens are responsible for drug trafficking in the community and,therefore,there may be drugs in the car.What is the term for this police practice?

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Pretext policing refers to the police practice of stopping and searching individuals based on a minor or unrelated legal ground (such as rolling through a stop sign) as a pretext to investigate other, more serious suspicions without the necessary legal justification. This practice often disproportionately targets minority communities.

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