Jamel Workman from Delaware County has been stopped seven times by Philadelphia police driving to a barbershop he owns in West Philadelphia because his car has tinted windows to keep the car interior cool, writes Samantha Melamed for  The Philadelphia Inquirer.

The 38-year-old is also black.

He’s been stopped, searched two or three times, and ticketed twice, all in one year.

To Workman, there’s only one reason for all these stops: “They’re profiling,” he said. “They know this is a black guy here.”

This year, Philadelphia police data show a dramatic increase in vehicle stops.

And stops of black drivers accounted for the bulk of that increase: 74 percent of all vehicle stops and 80 percent of searches for the first half of the year.

This year, black drivers were twice as likely to be stopped as white ones.

The Police Department recently agreed to institute a disciplinary process for reviewing the conduct of officers who repeatedly make stops without any reported cause, and reviewing sergeants who don’t address such behavior.

A Philadelphia police spokesperson, Capt. Sekou Kinebrew, said police had received additional training over the summer in how to handle stops.

Read more about the problem of racial profiling here.

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