Racial Profiling” refers to the discriminatory practice by law enforcement officials of targeting individuals for suspicion of crimes based on the individual’s race, ethnicity, religion, or national origin.Criminal profiling is generally viewed as a tactic used by police (any member of law enforcement, including, but not limited to, any local, state or federal individual), who is duly authorized to protect and serve the public. This also includes security guards, airport security, etc.
This paper will examine some recent examples of profiling and will seek to determine whether law enforcement has acted out of fear, or racism in a post-racist America.
Profiling for the purposes of this argument will be justified by the following principles: …show more content…
Ethnic Profiling is based on profiling an individual based on race or ethnicity.In 2003, an analysis of Northeastern University of two years’ worth of traffic stops, data collected by police departments across the State found that African-American and Latino drivers were not only more

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American and Latino drivers were still more likely to be pulled over and stopped, white drivers were more likely to be found with contraband when searched.
Ethnic racial profiling is paramount to major and minor infractions.In Florida, the American for
Civil Liberties Union, ACLU, concluded that African-Americans are stopped for minor safety violations such as seat belt and minor traffic citations, twice the rate of white drivers. African-
American drivers, stopped by police are also more likely to be beaten, and/or killed by law enforcement.Ethnic profiling came to light in 1992 with the Rodney King case, in Los