Connecticut’s anti-profiling law was born from one Black senator’s routine traffic stops

Evidence

In 1999, Alvin W. Penn submitted legislation prohibiting the practice of racial profiling after he, a Black state senator from Bridgeport, Connecticut, routinely got pulled over by police officers in Fairfield County. — Tamara Lanier, From These Roots, 658

Categorization

• QUESTION: Worth verifying whether the routine stops documented against Senator Penn left any record beyond his own account.