...Racial Profiling Racial profiling is a very controversial topic in today’s society. Racial profiling is the act of accusing, or targeting, a person based on their race. People can be targeted because of stereotypes about the race. Racial profiling is a common technique used by law enforcement to target potential criminals and suspects. Many people disagree with this technique because it cannot be defended. Other people agree with law enforcement using racial profiling because they believe that safety comes before liberty. No matter what people say, racial profiling is a problem in our society and in our government. Firstly, racial profiling is a problem is because it is ruining the relationship between the people and the law enforcement. Racial profiling is separating the community and the police force. The community is less likely to trust the police if they are being targeted because of their ethnicity. The affected communities would also be less active and would become less social due to the lack of feeling safe. Secondly, racial profiling is a problem is because of its effects on schools. Students of color can face harsher punishments than white students, which can cause higher numbers of incarcerated colored students. Many minority students fear the...
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...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:...
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...they were intruders in his own home. Instances similar to this are a prime example of how groups of people aren’t being represented and how they need to be protected. Racial profiling is happening everywhere today whether it be “random selection” at an airport, someone following you around a store, or even getting pulled over by a cop for no good reason. Reasoning behind this, is because if there was a scare about a group of people of certain race doing something...
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...Racial Profiling is the use of race or ethnicity as grounds for suspecting someone of having committed an offense. Conflict between the black community and the authorities has decades of history. Even after slavery has been outlawed, many states continued to control African-Americans by using Jim Crow Laws. Now, Law Enforcement Agencies are striving to build better relationships with the community they are supposed to be protecting. Solutions to implement police reform to strengthen relations between police and the community have been palpable. Stereotypes against certain minority groups are the obstacles the authorities cannot seem to tackle. In South Central Los Angeles, 1992, brutal riots arose when 4 white LAPD officers are acquitted for beating Rodney King when the whole nation witnessed a video evidence of the...
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...people based on societal factors such as language, religions or their customary heritage. Racial profiling is arguably one of the most controversial issues affecting people based on race. To begin with, racial profiling refers to the process through which individuals are targeted by law enforcement agencies based...
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...Racial Profiling Does racial inequality still exist in this modern society? There has been a lot of improvements since black slavery began. The black race is in doubt progressing in different fields, a proof to that is a black president. However, racial equality does not exist in all aspects. An example of this aspect is Racial profiling. Racial profiling was constructed by police to for they believe certain groups are more likely to commit crimes. For this reason, the issue on equality open to question. Some people contest this idea, however, some support it. In this case, racial profiling is morally wrong and ineffective. Racial profiling lessens suspects getting caught. According to the article Why racial profiling is a bad idea, “When...
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...On September 16th at 11:17pm a 911 call was made that a student at Georgia Tech was standing outside a parking garage with a knife. The school identified the victim as Scout Schultz, 21 who refused to listen to the campus police as they yelled for him to put the knife down. Schultz continued to walk around and not listen to the police and yell “shoot me!” to the police who were telling him that they didn't want to hurt him and to just put the knife down. Schultz did not listen and it ended with him being shot and taken to the hospital where he died the next day. Why I chose this story was because CNN and NBC reported on the same story but in two slightly different ways. CNN titled the article “Georgia Tech police fatally shoot student after...
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...why the alleged suspects could have turned to such violence and no one else has offered any evidence based explanation for it. If this is the case, then why is Obama now labeling them as being terrorists when he himself warned against the judging too quick? The only explanation for this situation can lead one to think of is the suspects’ identification as being ethnic Chechens and Muslims. There is no evidence that they acted in relation to the events that happened in their ancestral background. Obama appears to be going on a prejudiced assumption that is very common on television. These are unfair assumptions and they close the possibility of full understanding the cause. By bringing up these popular stereotypes, they give a new push to the...
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...Research on racial profiling suggests that minorities are disproportionately the subject of routine for traffic stops (Feder, 2012 pg. 1). Some will argue that racial profiling is a rational method of investigating and potentially stopping crime before it is committed. Others argue that it is not a legitimate security measure. Racial profiling has been reviewed on several accounts as to whether or not such profiling constitutes as a violation of the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment. The Fourth Amendment protects individuals against unreasonable searches and seizures. In the case of Terry v. Ohio the Supreme Court ruled that reasonable suspicion is sufficient enough for a police officer to briefly stop and question an individual for weapons....
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...Racial Profiling Targets Muslims in Airports The Constitution declares, “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated” (Madison n.p). As a result of the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, Muslim Americans have become frequent victims of racial profiling in airports through means of prejudicial views and invasion of privacy. In return, this violates their civil liberties of protection from unjustifiable searches and seizures. Racial profiling in airport security serves as a gateway for prejudice views. Airport security claims they are allowed to search an individual if they are suspected of committing an offense. Azeem Khan, a victim...
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...implementing a racial tool to carry out their job. The device is called racial profiling and is being implemented and has been on the rise. I have seen many news reports covering law enforcement racial profiling and it is becoming the typical behavior towards the fewer fortunate. Even though, law enforcements need to ensure their safety first and use their best judgment on how to approach a situation to ensure the most positive outcome. Racial profiling is wrong because of the color of some one's skin, the individual’s race, it’s ethnicity, it’s religion or its national origin shouldn’t define anyone, and law enforcement should do their job without racial profiling judgment. Law enforcement's need to ensure their safety first and use their best judgment on how to approach a situation to ensure a positive outcome. Now in days, law enforcements are very wary about who is the criminal. Their job is to protect the citizens that are good contributors to society and law abiding. The officers can’t safeguard their contributors without using their best...
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...------------------------------------------------- Clarence Williams ------------------------------------------------- EN102 Outline for argument analysis: Arrested Development I. ------------------------------------------------- Introduction: * ------------------------------------------------- James Forman Jr. targets this article towards conservatives who oppose racial profiling * ------------------------------------------------- Claim: Forman claims that racial profiling is an ineffective way to enforce the law and should be stopped. ------------------------------------------------- II. Summary: "Arrested Development" by James Forman Jr. , is an article that looks at the issue of racial profiling. III. ------------------------------------------------- James Forman Jr. is a Professor of Law at Yale Law School. He is a graduate of Brown University and Yale law school * ------------------------------------------------- Yale faculty biographies ------------------------------------------------- IV. ------------------------------------------------- Forman aims this article towards conservatives which is a good choice because conservatives are color blind meaning they see people as equal. ------------------------------------------------- -Quote ------------------------------------------------- V. ------------------------------------------------- Forman appeals to the reader’s emotions by telling stories about the students of Maya...
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...Connection between Trayvon Martin's Death and Racial Profiling in America Racial profiling is the use of ethnicity or race as the grounds for suspecting that an individual has committed an offense. Rather, it is a discriminatory practice whereby persons, mostly law enforcement, use an individual’s cultural background, religion, or race as the reason to speculate that one has broken the law. Ideally, Trayvon Martin’s death and his killer’s acquittal reflect the extent of racial profiling in America. In spite of the rulings of the judge in the case, the views of the defense of George Zimmerman and other people’s opinion especially the white, race not only matters but also overruns the judgments on social conditions and politics. In the book...
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...[Students name appear here] [Professor’s name appear here] Racial Profiling Date appears here Racial Profiling History is replete with examples of people that have differentiated between themselves and others that are different in any which way. This abhorrent discrimination between two human beings has not become a relic of the past; rather it still persists in our modern society in some form or the other. The United States of America is no stranger to incidents where these objectionable incidents are recorded widely, and it is not just relegated to poor neighborhoods and other similarly shady areas. Rather, it has become a permanent feature in the corporate world, Government and other similar places where these sorts of differentiations would be least expected. One community that has always been constantly repressed is the African American community. Their forefathers were brought to America’s shores as slaves, in times when slavery was still tolerated. To this day, many people in America still consider them as alien to their land. This of course leads to a host of problems across America that shows up when African Americans across the country are questioned about their fortunes. This sort of discrimination is often encouraged by many people that rather disturbingly have a lot of authority and power in making and implementing laws. Their argument is that discriminating and acting against the Black community is a viable way of making sure that Crime is kept in check. ...
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...completely unjustified as all they do is incite violence and contradict their own cause. Racial profiling is also not a product of indoctrinated racism but a product of fact and crime prevention. There are several issues people have today related to race. One issue is the use of racial profiling as a legitimate form of police work. “The use of race or ethnicity as grounds for suspecting someone of having committed...
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