CLEVELAND, Ohio — A review of Cleveland police’s traffic stops last year found no evidence of racial bias, according to a study commissioned by the city.

The analysis, conducted by researchers at Sigma Squared , examined all police traffic stops conducted last year, seeking to answer two primary questions.

The first: Were Cleveland police more likely to unnecessarily search minority drivers? The second: Did police tend to pull over minority drivers for lesser offenses than white drivers?

The answer to both questions was “no,” said Roland Fryer, the founder of Sigma Squared and an economics professor at Harvard University.

“The most important piece to me is whether there’s evidence that there was a different standard for stopping people based on their race or any other group character

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