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Lawsuit alleges N.H. state trooper profiled Latino driver in 2019 stop

Lawsuit alleges N.H. state trooper profiled Latino driver in 2019 stop

A Texas man is suing New Hampshire State Police, alleging that a state trooper ethnically profiled and illegally detained him during a traffic stop in August 2019.

The lawsuit is the second in three years to accuse State Police’s Mobile Enforcement Team, a drug-interdiction squad with a history of using minor traffic violations as pretexts to stop and question drivers, of acting illegally during a vehicle stop. A previous lawsuit, involving a 2017 stop by a different trooper, Haden Wilber, led to a $212,500 settlement.