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    Legal issue of Racial Profiling has been a concern for minorities In New York City. Racial profiling is referring as the discriminatory practice conducted by law enforcement, that targeted individuals for suspicious crime based on the person race, gender, nationality, religion, and origin. Racial profile has been an issue for many year, however in recent years there has been an increase in cases against the New York Police Department. New York City population consist of about 8.4 Million people and the New York Police Department is trying to do their best to protect the citizen of this city, however by doing so law enforcement have violated the rights of citizens. History of Racial Profiling Teri v Ohio was the land mark case decided by…

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    History of Racial Discrimination and Profiling “Do you miss Mexico?” I ask my mother, Irma and father Juan. My mother gently grabs my father’s hand and responds, “We will always miss the rich heritage we left behind in Mexico - the food, of course, and our loved ones. It will always be home for your father and me, but we came to the United States to become citizens of the free. Although we may have more liberty here, it was a challenging journey where we had many battles of fighting for our…

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    Racial Profiling Out of the nearly three hundred million people in the United States, the number of Americans that reported to have been profiled due to their race was thirty-two million in 2004, approximately the population of Canada (“Racial Profiling and the Use of Suspect Classification”). Racial profiling happens when a law enforcement official targets an individual based on their race or ethnicity. But racial profiling violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, which…

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    Racial Profiling occurs in different parts of the world, and has many effects on society today. The Farlex dictionary defines racial profiling as the following. “A form of racism consisting of the policy of police men who stop and search vehicles driven by people in particular racial groups” ( Farlex 1). This type of profiling leaves many colored people wondering why the justice system lacks in serving justice to African Americans males. Profiling results in unfair punishment as much as it…

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    Racial profiling is a common law enforcement practice that happens in many different places in American society. It often focuses and singles out different races, religions, ethnicities, or skin color of people. Many professionals question whether it can be justiciable under certain circumstance where it could prevent a massive amount of people from being harm or to apprehend criminals before they commit crimes. Others protest that the practice is unnecessary and causes more harm than good. This…

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    This paper investigates racial profiling. Racial profiling is a common term that describes the practice of targeting minorities by law enforcements for stops, searches or possible arrest. Over the past years, blacks, Hispanics, Arabs and Muslims (minorities) has received unfair treatments based solely on their race. Such as the phrases “driving while black, flying while Arab and flying while Muslim.” In an extreme way racial profiling can possible lead to police brutality. As defined police…

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    Tuesday showing a West Des Moines Old Navy employee accusing him of stealing a jacket, sparking outrage. The post — and Conley's reaction — has been shared more than 148,000 times on Facebook as of Saturday evening of Feb. 4, 2018 is America being corrupted with racial profiling becoming too much. Racial profiling it is the act of suspecting or targeting a person of a certain race based on a stereotype about their race, rather than on individual suspicion. More commonly in the United…

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    “Citizen and the Terrorist”, written by Leti Volpp and “No Such thing as Racial Profiling”, authored by Jelani Cobb elaborated on the heated debate surrounding the mistreatment of minorities by government and law enforcement officials. Volpp centralizes her article on the dangers of classifying and targeting of minorities, where as, Cobb centers his argument of the effects of targeting. Notwithstanding some serious deliberation after reading these articles, it can be easily ascertained that…

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    Racial Profiling is one of the most extreme disadvantages of the Criminal Justice field. Racial Profiling refers to the discrimination practice by law enforcement officials of targeting individuals for suspicion of crime based on the individual's race, ethnicity, religion or national origin (ACLU). It was developed during slavery times, slaves were being profiled as criminals; people with no property or value. During the days of lynching in the south racial profiling was being used by the…

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    Unfortunately, racial profiling is mostly found in areas dominated by minorities. The problem with this is that minorities are not represented as much as they should be. Law enforcement, bankers, teachers, and even ordinary people are under the belief that this is okay. In order to avoid this, law enforcement should be educated more properly so a trust between them and the citizens can be built. Society can change by being pushed by its own people. History has proven that small problems can…

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