3. WHAT IS RACIAL PROFILING ?
Racial profiling, refers to the targeting
of particular individuals by law
enforcement authorities based not on
their behavior, but rather their
personal characteristics.
4. RACIAL PROFILING IN LAW
ENFORCEMENT
- Racial profiling in law enforcement and how over time it has gotten worst.
This topic has been in the media for years and has gained more attention and
still justice is not being served. Not only is it racial profiling in the field but
always behind closed doors. Sandra Bland was not only arrested and taken to
jail for a traffic violation, but was killed while in police custody and covered
up as a suicide.
5. THE SECRET AMBITION OF RACIAL
PROFILING
“The Secret Ambition of Racial Profiling” explains that after the death of
Amadou Diallo, City Council had the idea to have a meeting with the police
officers and citizens. During this meeting the citizen has the right to speak
out in give their opinion on police racial profiling. In this meeting it was said
that there was racial profiling on African Americans. It was also said that the
Police officers had to sit back and listen to the residents speaks because their
job is to serve them.
6. RACIAL PROFILING ON OUR NATION'S
HIGHWAYS
“Driving While Black”, is an article about a Panamanian black man being
pulled over twice by police because of the color of his skin. Rossano V. Gerald
was going on a road trip with his son when thirty minutes into their trip they
were pulled over twice by police officers from different station. Gerald
believes the reason he was pulled over because he was being racial profiled
by police because of nationality. This article was published in June 1999 in
the American Civil Liberties Union Special Report.
7. RACIAL PROFILING AND USE OF FORCE IN
POLICE STOPS: HOW LOCAL EVENTS TRIGGER
PERIODS OF INCREASED DISCRIMINATION.
The article, “Racial Profiling and Use of Force in Police Stops” examine the
reasons behind police force against black. In the article, Joscha Legewie
states that the use of police violence during stops and against African
Americans is because of the several shootings between officers and Blacks
and that most police officers are bias. This is where racial profiling plays a
role, because police officers are profiling every African American because of
the officers being killed by African Americans.
8. THE CASE OF MONCRIEFFE V. HOLDER.
In this article it discusses the court case Moncrieffe v. Holder. Racial profiling
is brought up in the criminal justice system and the immigration removal of
Adrian Moncrieffe . This article was written by Kevin Johnson and in this
article he examines the relations between the criminal justice system and the
immigration removal. This article reviews the background of crimmagration,
the racial profiling of Moncrieffe and the Supreme Court’s decision on the
case
