Why Do Police Need Racial Profiling?

However Hispanics and Muslims aren’t the only ones being profiled. Black people have been racially profiled for way longer than Hispanics and Muslims. As human beings everyone deserves equality and not to be treated anything less. Now a day, black people are usually suspected of committing crimes or being in gangs. According to an article on History “Slavery in America began when the first African slaves were brought to the North American colony of Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619, to aid in the production of such lucrative crops as tobacco.” Further into the article it states that “The 13th Amendment, adopted late in 1865, officially abolished slavery, but freed blacks’ status in the post-war South remained precarious, and significant challenges …show more content…
Police use excessive force and power by conducting unreasonable searches and unexplainable traffic stops. Black people have been profiled as monstrous human beings; when in reality an enormous majority of them are honest, responsible, and caring citizens. The Washington post published an article stating “Excessive force and racial profiling are two destructive modes of police misconduct that require concerted, vigilant action to reduce and eliminate. While racial profiling can end in tragic police killings of unarmed individuals, such as with Eric Garner or Michael Brown, it also results in many unnecessary stops and searches, harassment and intimidation, and even confiscation of property without due process.” Eric Garner was a 43-year-old man who was killed when a police officer performed a chokehold. The chokehold strategy was banned in the New York police department policy specifically because it could cause difficulty in breathing. Garner gasped multiple times that he could not breathe and the officers simply ignored him and continued, which lead to his death. On the other hand, Michael Brown was an 18-year-old African American who was shot by a 28-year-old white policeman in Ferguson, Missouri. Michael Brown was an unarmed teenager who did not deserve to be killed. The death of Michael Brown caused strong protest and outrage within the …show more content…
No one should be racially profiled by their race, religious beliefs, or ethnicity because the actions of few people do not define a whole population, every one has the same equality, and it could lead to major violence. Blacks, Muslims, and Hispanics are all human beings that should live a life without worrying about being victimized by police