Racial Profiling By Police

Racial Profiling has been around for many decades, but over the past few years it has gotten even worse. It has gotten to the point where children are supposed to be the most comfortable and open. Also, it has gotten to the point where even children's sports games are having a racial issue. Children shouldn’t feel like outsiders, just because of the color of their skin. Lastly, they shouldn’t they should stop doing what they love the most just because someone out there is making a racial or racist statement.

What is racial profiling? The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) defines racial profiling as “the discriminatory practice by law enforcement officials of targeting individuals for suspicion of crime based on the individual’s race, ethnicity, religion or national origin” (2005). Do not confuse racial profiling with criminal profiling; criminal profiling is usually practiced by police in which they use a group of characteristics that are associated with crime to target individuals (ACLU, 2005). Examples of racial profiling include using ones race to target specific drivers for traffic violations and pedestrians for illegal contraband; another prime example is the targeting of Muslims, Arabs, and South Asians since 9/11 in

Racial profiling done by police is a problem that is growing within the nation. Brad Heath of USA TODAY states “70 departments scattered from Connecticut to California arrest black people at a rate 10 times higher than people who are not black.” This is not baffling only because of the rate but because this profiling and unjust behavior is done by police officers. Police officers are supposed to protect and make all individuals, regardless of race, safe. Another disturbing instance in which the government seemed to fail its people was the “suicide” of Sandra Bland. Sandra Bland, after being arrested and put into a jail cell, was found hanged in her jail cell. It was ruled a suicide. however many suspect that it was homicide that the police

Racial profiling has been an issue in our police system for many years. Minorities throughout our country have been wrongfully stopped and frisked, most ending up arrested. Most cases go to extreme situations in which the cop becomes aggressive or without a warning start shooting. There is a strong belief that the true criminals are the ones with the handcuffs in their hands but not on their wrists. Of course there are police that are honest and law abiding, but there will always be the few who has the fault of prejudice. However there might be a logical explanation why some people feel the way they do towards others of different race.

As a police officer, I have dedicated my life in serving the people and keeping them safe from potentially dangerous criminals. I had just gotten home from duty and turned on the TV. The news was on and they were reporting about the officer that shot and killed Michael Brown. The first thing that I thought was that the media has blown this incident was out of proportion. Brown must have been seen as a threat by the officer to the public to actually be shot. The protesters are calling us cops racist, that we use racial profiling. That is so far from the truth. We take every possible suspect into consideration. We look at their motive, their alibis, etc. to make sure we arrest the right person. What we do not take into consideration is their

There is no nice way in arresting a suspect or criminal The police are to protect and serve The police are our hired bodyguards, our first, our batons,and guns They do the dirty work to protect us because we are too afraid, to unskilled or too civilized to do the dirty work We want them to keep the bad guys out of our businesses, our cars,our houses, and out of our face

Mike Brown was killed in Ferguson, Missouri on August 9, 2014. Darren Wilson was the police officer that killed Brown, he wasn't indicted but he has resigned from the Ferguson police force. Since Wilson wasn't indicted many cities were outraged by the injustice of the court. Thousands took the streets to protest against the indictment. Unfortunately many business were the ones that suffer, protestors wanted to send a clear message to the country. A Beauty town was looted, vandalized and burned to the ground. A Public Storage was also burned to the ground. A Walgreens was also attacked, protestors took the social Medias and posted pictures of their mass destruction. "A post shows a fire in a merchandise display in the Walgreens drug store and people rushing in to loot as it spread. Fire trucks arrived before the blaze destroyed the building "(Custis). Ferguson Market & Liquor was also affected. The store that, Michael Brown was in before he was killed, was looted. Many more stores were destroyed in the hands of mob. This is not a way to communicate with the government because it will make things worse. Some of this protest were broadcasted in national television and you have to think about who the audience is, it could have been kids watching or teenagers. Image when this kids grow up they will act violent because at a young age they were seen all this chaos. Protest

The quasi-judicial body is the only body which is given a mandate to interpret and promote as well as ensure all rights laid down in the charter. It may receive “communication” on human rights violations submitted by non-state actors, both individuals and non-governmental organizations, and member states.

I was on my way to the Franks hiding place today when I was pulled over by a nazi police officer. As I pulled over my heart started to race I could not betray the Franks even if I had to risk my life. As the police started to walk towards my car I remebered I had a week full of food for the Franks in the back of my car and if I could not get it to them they would all starve to death. As my head was racing with exscuses to tell the officer he knocked on my window to open it up. I quickly cranked open my window and waited for the officer to start questioning me. The police officers starts to talk he has blond hair blue eyes and such a strong German accent I have a trouble understanding him. The officer asks me where I am going at such a late hour.

Racial profiling is also evident among young African Americans, who have also been overrepresented like their adult counterparts. A report by Wilson (2009) asserts that the racial disparity for the young offenders in the state of Indiana is significantly alarming. From the article, the author states that black youth are likely to be detained as compared to the whites regardless of the fact that the arrests are for similar offenses.

Racial Profiling “refers to the discriminatory practice by law enforcement officials of targeting individuals for suspicion of crime based on the individual's race, ethnicity, religion or national origin” (ACLU). Although “racial profiling became illegal when the Civil Rights Act of 1964 guaranteed equal treatment of minorities under federal law”, and it has been decided that unlawful search and seizure practices violate the Fourth Amendment to the US Constitution, which guarantees protection against such activity, racial profiling still exists (Quezzaire & DiLascio). Quezzaire & DiLascio continued by saying that minorities complained that the illegal stop and search practices still existed and as a protest to the practice the tactic was labeled Driving While Black (DWB). In fact, minority groups indicated that law enforcement, “stopped and searched minorities and targeted minority-dominated neighborhoods” at a higher rate than a white neighborhood (Quezzaire & DiLascio). It is illegal to stop a driver based on skin color it does not give the expected results and has led to a distrust of law enforcement among other things. The intended result of stopping drivers that are Black or Brown was to reduce crime however, statistics are not supporting this. The issue with racial profiling is that a disproportionate amount of black or brown drivers are stopped based on the color of their skin, and the results have not been shown to cut crime. A driver should not be pulled

Even though segregation was ended in 1964 it still exists today. Instead of being called segregation it's called racial profiling. Racial profiling is suspecting or targeting a person of a certain race, culture, and ethnicity. Three reasons why racial profiling still exists in America, there are many people who are living in fears of cultural stereotypes, profiling black people, and it's not only happening outside it's also happening in an educational place like schools.

Additionally, racial profiling and the way that Black and white dealers sell drugs facilitate police in drug arrests of African Americans as you rarely see white drug dealers standing on a street corner selling drugs. Thus, (vagrancy) or just handing out of standing on the street in urban neighborhoods' make it easier for the police to arrest African American dealers’ due to visibility because drug dealing by Blacks usually occurs on the streets where drug buyers are more likely to draw attention to themselves and drug deals being made. Also, Police officer’s due to racial bias may decide to arrest Blacks and under the same circumstances may decide not to arrest white suspects. “Therefore, due to using racial profiling tactics in urban minority neighbors, police are in a position to arrest blacks for drugs and contraband more frequently than whites as police are more likely to stop and detain Blacks (9).”

Acts of injustice occurs all around the world. Many people are tight up upon their views and how they look at people, yet they need to realize that is incorrect. Depending on your race many people can show discomfort for the area they are at and can be scared. Society has trouble wrapping their heads around a person or group has other beliefs or traditions than their own. They then believe that because they don't have the same traditions or skin they begin to racial profile. Racial profiling is when one suspects or targets a person of a certain race based on a stereotype due to their skin. Each race has a stereotype from all of the other races. Due to what happened to the twin towers most of the American society believes that if you are a muslim that you are a terrorist when in reality they are just regular people with a different religion. Day to day they get harassed about their looks and joked about crudely. Another situation would be that people believe that African Americans can be bad people or that they are up to no good. Depending on the area they are in they get portrayed many different ways. Whether you are in the streets of Chicago or just in a small town. You see a lot on the news how the police wrongly accuse or brutally abuse black citizens. With being in college now in class we talked about how diverse this University. Everyday I see new people and never think of anything bad because they are different, but only think they are at college wanting to get a

Racial profiling is a serious issue of social importance in the United States. It is the rights of people that have a comfortable life, and enjoy their freedoms. In a large country, the people are living together, working together, and helping each other . Doesn't matter that which skin are they, or which religion are they. The most important thing is Humanity. Racial profiling is a big barrier for the countries that they are in the way of advancement. It is a big deal that superpower countries want to stop it, and it is big problem for them. Sometimes the America people also face racial profiling. I believe there is racism still happening to black people and Muslim people. Racial profiling is an unfavorable thing, and it can be a huge problem lead to a scuffle and law enforcement should work to stop racism forever in the whole world.