Racial Profiling In Law

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“Driving while black” is a term used to refer to racial profiling of African American drivers. The term implies that the driver is pull over simply because of the color of his skin. The police officer uses the traffic stop as an excuse to question and search the vehicle of a black person that has not committed a crime. The Fourth Amendment protects against unlawful search and seizure. The United States Constitution protects against injustice but racial profiling occurs in the very law enforcement agencies that are supposed to protect us. Profiling occurs in many ways and race is the main focal point of numerous profiling within law enforcement agencies (as cited Bell, Hopson, Craig & Robinson, 2014). The term racial profiling was first

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