The largest county in Minnesota will no longer prosecute most felony cases that come from low-level traffic stops.

The days of being stopped in Hennepin County for a broken tail light, having something dangling from your mirror or not having vehicle tabs will soon come to an end, with prosecutors saying it's an effort to end the disproportionate targeting of minorities.

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said these stops just don't work and don't help with public safety.

"According to MPD data, equipment and moving violations from 2017 and 2018, a gun was recovered in less than half of 1% of the stops," Moriarty said.

That's a gun recovery failure rate of 99.5%. Moriarty says the new policy allows an already stretched police department to focus on saving lives.

"We want the police

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