Racial profiling is defined as using one’s race or ethnicity as grounds for questioning an individual of having committed an offense (English Oxford Dictionary, n.d). Although, racial profiling does not have a set specific time racial profiling has been occurring since colonial time, and it is also known as a gateway act. A gateway act is an excuse that allows individuals to approach citizens who are assumed to be criminals, and questioned them. This has now led to the mistrust amongst the public and law enforcement. This paper will be based on the agreement that there are several issues that need to be address, such as racial profiling, police use of excessive force, and to adopt more policies that allow one to minimize racial disparities.
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This racial profiling is unacceptable and has failed to distinguish when an officer is acting based on the individual’s race, national origin, religion, or ethnicity with a suspected violation. For example, if a police officer was to target a Hispanic driver who was speeding the officer would have not been racial profiling this individual, because the driver was not merely stopped because of his ethnicity. On the other hand, many individuals who have been a victim of racial profiling have had the opportunity to walk away with traffic tickets, but others have not, and their outcome was death. For instance, on October 12, 1995 in Pennsylvania a 31 year old African American male, was the victim of racial profiling. The incident occurred when the individual was pulled over in a primarily white community, while driving a Jaguar that his cousin had loan him. Police claimed that the individual commenced the struggle, but another witness stated that the officer started the fight, and the other officers joined, and began to kick, hit, and club the victim, while he laid on the ground. This is an example on how several police officers were tried for involuntary manslaughter, and a police department being sued for $1.5 million, and how racial profiling can lead to …show more content…
The article, “Race, Street Life, and Policing: Implications for Racial Profiling” explains how some of the police’s attention is triggered by criminal behavior or by a biased outlook (Hayle, Wortley, & Tanner, 2016). There was a research that was done that examined two populations. These populations were street youth and black high school students. From these two populations, the black high school students were disproportionate stopped and searched by the police (Hayle, Wortley, & Tanner, 2016). This is overall imperative because it clarifies how there is a greater importance in minority rather than criminal behavior itself. Marginalized status is not the only factor that plays a major role in racial profiling. Another common factor is white privileged. White individuals tend to have more advantages in today’s society, and those advantages are associated with disadvantages that the people of color face (Behnke, 2017). Not many individuals believe that white privilege plays a major role in today’s society, and many argue that their career success and financial security is due to hard work and dedication (Behnke, 2017). One can also argue that this is not completely accurate and white privilege does play a major role in American society. For instance, white individuals are less likely to obtain harsh treatment if they were to be arrested and found guilty of a crime in
This racial profiling is unacceptable and has failed to distinguish when an officer is acting based on the individual’s race, national origin, religion, or ethnicity with a suspected violation. For example, if a police officer was to target a Hispanic driver who was speeding the officer would have not been racial profiling this individual, because the driver was not merely stopped because of his ethnicity. On the other hand, many individuals who have been a victim of racial profiling have had the opportunity to walk away with traffic tickets, but others have not, and their outcome was death. For instance, on October 12, 1995 in Pennsylvania a 31 year old African American male, was the victim of racial profiling. The incident occurred when the individual was pulled over in a primarily white community, while driving a Jaguar that his cousin had loan him. Police claimed that the individual commenced the struggle, but another witness stated that the officer started the fight, and the other officers joined, and began to kick, hit, and club the victim, while he laid on the ground. This is an example on how several police officers were tried for involuntary manslaughter, and a police department being sued for $1.5 million, and how racial profiling can lead to …show more content…
The article, “Race, Street Life, and Policing: Implications for Racial Profiling” explains how some of the police’s attention is triggered by criminal behavior or by a biased outlook (Hayle, Wortley, & Tanner, 2016). There was a research that was done that examined two populations. These populations were street youth and black high school students. From these two populations, the black high school students were disproportionate stopped and searched by the police (Hayle, Wortley, & Tanner, 2016). This is overall imperative because it clarifies how there is a greater importance in minority rather than criminal behavior itself. Marginalized status is not the only factor that plays a major role in racial profiling. Another common factor is white privileged. White individuals tend to have more advantages in today’s society, and those advantages are associated with disadvantages that the people of color face (Behnke, 2017). Not many individuals believe that white privilege plays a major role in today’s society, and many argue that their career success and financial security is due to hard work and dedication (Behnke, 2017). One can also argue that this is not completely accurate and white privilege does play a major role in American society. For instance, white individuals are less likely to obtain harsh treatment if they were to be arrested and found guilty of a crime in