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Will Asheville Police Response To Traffic Stop Report Suffice?

BPR News | By Matt Bush
Published May 16, 2017 at 5:59 PM EDT
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A recent report showed Asheville police were pulling over far more African-American drivers than their white counterparts – even though the white population in the city dwarfs that of the black population.  Asheville Citizen-Times reporter Joel Burgessspoke with BPR’s Matt Bush about the police response to that report as well as the latest on the police department’s request for nearly $1-million in additional funds to hire more officers in response to a spike in crime downtown.
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Matt Bush
Matt Bush joined Blue Ridge Public Radio as news director in August 2016. Excited at the opportunity the build up the news service for both stations as well as help launch BPR News, Matt made the jump to Western North Carolina from Washington D.C. For the 8 years prior to coming to Asheville, he worked at the NPR member station in the nation's capital as a reporter and anchor. Matt primarily covered the state of Maryland, including 6 years of covering the statehouse in Annapolis. Prior to that, he worked at WMAL in Washington and Metro Networks in Pittsburgh, the city he was born and raised in.
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