Ethnic Profiling

NYPD Surveillance Revisited

James Zogby | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Bill of Rights, Arabs, Central Intelligence Agency, Nypd, Ethnic Profiling, Surveillance, Muslims, Nypd Spying, Civil Rights, New York, Politics News

Where do we draw the line that separates the rights of persons from the over-reach of law enforcement. When do we conclude that the NYPD crossed the line and violated constitutionally protected freedoms and civil rights?

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Steps the FBI Must Take to Remedy Misinformation Campaign About Arabs and Muslims

James Zogby | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Islamophobia, Islam, Police, Ethnic Profiling, Fbi, Muslims, Racial Profiling, Bigotry, Arab Americans, Politics News

There must be an acknowledgment of the wrong that has been done to our communities and to our country's ability to respectfully engage with Arabs and Muslims. This is vital to our future as Americans.

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NYPD: Shredding the Constitution

James Zogby | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Nypd, Ethnic Profiling, Spying, Nypd Profiling, Nypd Muslim Surveillance, Nypd Muslims, American Muslims, Bloomberg Nypd Muslims, Nypd Surveillance, Nypd Spying, Arab Americans, New York News

Arab and Muslim immigrants have become increasingly fearful of law enforcement. Trust has been broken. And trust between the community and the police is the key to any successful crime prevention strategy.

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Waiting in the Gray Areas

Hassan Jaber | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Immigration Reform, Hate Crimes, Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes, Targeted Identification, Immigration, Republicans Immigration Reform, Immigration Policy, Religious Profiling, Ethnic Profiling, Detroit News

When political leaders demonstrate that it's OK to tarnish an entire ethnic or religious group, xenophobic rhetoric enters the mainstream public discourse in a way that encourages intolerant and extreme reactions.

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ACLU Accuses FBI Of Unconstitutional Mapping Of Ethnic, Racial Groups

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Aclu, Latinos, Mapping, Video, Chinatown, Ethnic Profiling, American Muslims, Fbi, Muslims, Black-Separatism, Ms-13, Eric Holder, Racial Profiling, FBI Surveillance, Politics News

The American Civil Liberties Union on Thursday accused the FBI of targeting racial, ethnic and religious groups for investigation by associating crimi...

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Georgia Must Enact Anti-Profiling Laws

Azadeh Shahshahani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aclu, Cerd, Law Enforcement, Human Rights, Hrc, Ethnic Profiling, Racial Profiling, United Nations, Georgia, Politics News

When I testified this month before the Special Joint Committee on Immigration Reform, a committee of 14 Republicans convened to draft legislative prop...

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Why Johnny can't think critically

Irene Monroe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Issues, Ethnic Profiling, Ethnicity, Texas-Black-Studies, Arizona, Queer People of Color, Harvard, African American, Gay Students, Black-Studies, Gay Rights, Harvard Law School, Public Education, African-Americans, African Americans, African-American Issues, Governor Jan Brewer, Latinos, Women, Queer, Department of Education, Queer Studies, Gay, Harvard Business School, Ethnic Studies, Texas, Education, Harvard University, Black Studies Programs, College, Texas Board of Education, Higher Education, Gays, Harvard-Gay-Studies, College News

School is now back in session, and our children's minds are impressionable vessels. We trust their teachers to take precious care of them. But can we...

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Watchdog Groups Sue Over FBI's Ethnically Targeted Surveillance

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: FBI Spying With Google Maps, American Civil Liberties Union, FBI Google Maps, Geo-Mapping, Aclu, Fbi, Geomapping, FBI Spying, Ethnic Profiling, San Francisco, Privacy, Racial Profiling, Video, Politics News

Watchdog groups filed suit against the Federal Bureau of Investigation Tuesday for failing to make public the details of a domestic surveillance progr...

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Proof Positive: The Lobby Rules

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arab-American, Religion and Politics, Israel, Ethnic Profiling, Donna Shalala, World News

You might think that former Secretary of Health & Human Services (HHS) Donna Shalala would be furious after being detained at Tel Aviv airport for the...

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Immigration Reform: An Unbridgeable Gap?

Daniel Cubias | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Racial Prejudice, Ethnic Profiling, Ethnicity, Illegal Immigration, Immigration, Arizona, Prejudice, Racial Discrimination, Racial Profiling, Racial Politics, Ekaterine Bautista, Hector Tobar, Immigration Reform, Illegal Immigrants, Racism, Arizona Immigration Law, Bigotry, Politics News

At some point, immigration reform will happen. But it will be ugly, and everyone will be at least a little disappointed, so don't get your hopes up.

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Restoring the Fourth Amendment: How We the People Can Win Over Washington

Shahid Buttar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Civil Liberties, First Amendment, Congress, War on Terror, Ethnic Profiling, Warrantless Surveillance, Progressives, George W. Bush, President Obama, Fbi, Surveillance, Obama Administration, Obama, U.S. Constitution, Cointelpro, Civil Rights, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Arizona Immigration Law, Constitution, Dhs, Fourth Amendment, Bill of Rights Defense Committee, Profiling, Libertarian, Transpartisan, Barack Obama, Racial Profiling, Government Surveillance, Patriot Act, Bush Administration, Counterterrorism, Customs and Border Protection, Libertarians, Politics News

With 2010 finding our government institutions tone deaf and disengaged on addressing our mounting constitutional crises, there have been few riper times for a transpartisan political offensive.

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Ending Profiling: The Right Thing To Do

James A. Goldston | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Profiling Problems, Security Profiling, Ethnic Profiling, Profiling, National Security Profiling, Profiling Ethics, Profiling Ineffectiveness, Racial Profiling, Politics News

Far from contributing to the fight against terrorism, profiling reduces security by alienating some of the very communities who serve as sources of intelligence.

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Educating for Democracy: Sinking Arizona

Joel Shatzky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ethnic Studies, Tom Horne, Arizona Immigration Law, Ethnic Profiling, Illegal Immigrants, New York News

Crime prevention should not be made into an issue of ethnic profiling.

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Inhofe: 'I Believe In Racial And Ethnic Profiling"

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jim Inhofe, Inhofe, Sen. Inhofe, James Inhofe, Inhofe Ethnic Profiling, Counterterrorism, Ethnic Profiling, Terrorism, Inhofe Profiling, Airline Security, Racism, Inhofe Racial Profiling, Inhofe Racism, Video, Politics News

Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) knows he's not politically correct, but he doesn't care: "I believe in racial and ethnic profiling," the GOP senator annou...

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Inhofe: 'I Believe In Racial And Ethnic Profiling"

Washington Independent | Spencer Ackerman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jim Inhofe, Inhofe, James Inhofe, Sen. Inhofe, Counterterrorism, Ethnic Profiling, Terrorism, Inhofe Profiling, Racism, Inhofe Racism, Racial Profiling, Airline Security, Politics News

Not many senators are willing to own up to this, but here's Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) in today's Fort Hood hearing in the Armed Services Committee. ...

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Dov Hikind, NY Assemblyman, Calls For Ethnic Profiling Bill (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dov Hikind, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Ethnic Profiling, Terrorism, Northwest Flight 253, New York Senate, Assemblyman Dov Hikind, Racial Profiling, Video, New York News

In the wake of this past weekend's attempted terror bombing, Brooklyn Assemblyman Dov Hikind plans to reintroduce his 2005 bill that would allow polic...

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If Skip Gates Lived in China and Other Stories of Racial Profiling Around the World

Phillip Martin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Gates, Ethnic Profiling, Uighurs, Skin Color, Skip Gates, Open Society Institute, Racial Profiling, Politics News

In many parts of China, without the protection of an American passport, Ivy League credentials, diplomatic status or fame, dark skinned people find themselves branded as a drug dealers or worse.

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Terrorist Ethnic Profiling In Europe Yielded 'No Convictions To Date': Study

Spiegel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Terror Profiling, Terror, Ethnic Profiling, Terrorism, Foreign Affairs, Europe, Racial Profiling, Advocacy, World News

A new study has found that ethnic profiling is worse than useless when it comes to preventing terror attacks and has never led to a terrorism convicti...

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