minor infraction

In January, he was moved to a prison in Siberia and placed in solitary confinement over an alleged minor infraction.

In January he was moved to a prison in Siberia and placed in solitary confinement over an alleged minor infraction.

Pretextual stops are those in which officers stop a motorist or pedestrian for a minor infraction — say, a broken taillight or jaywalking — with the actual goal of questioning or searching the person to uncover evidence of a more significant violation or crime.

The law is meant to reduce the police practice of making “pretextual stops,” in which officers use a minor infraction as the basis to pull someone over and investigate other potential crimes.

The law seeks to curb ‘pretextual stops,’ in which police use a minor infraction as the basis to make a stop and investigate other possible crimes.