Racial Profiling

Time to Stop "Stop and Frisk"

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Union Leaders, Labor, Al Sharpton, Stop and Frisk, b.c. Civil Liberties Association, Nypd, Unions, Polics, Racial Profiling, New York City, Seiu, New York News
Marian Wright Edelman

The silent Father's Day March will be a chance for people of all backgrounds to walk silently down New York's Fifth Avenue together to convey to New York City leaders that it is time to stop treating hundreds of thousands of our young people of color like criminals when they have done nothing wrong.

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Beyond the Numbers: A Debate Over the Effects of NYPD Stop and Frisk

Mari Fagel | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Stop and Frisk, Nypd, Ramarley Graham, Racial Profiling, Stop and Frisk Nypd, Stop and Frisk New York, Nypd Stop and Frisk, New York News
Mari Fagel

Just after the New York Police Department released crime data touting the positive effects of stop and frisk, a judge cleared the way for thousands of New Yorkers who feel they've been victimized by the policy to join a class action lawsuit.

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HB 87 Negatively Impacts Georgia Economy and Reputation

Azadeh Shahshahani | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Sb 1070, Hb-87-Lawsuit, Georgia-Economy, Racial Profiling, Georgia-Anti-Immigrant-Law, Hb 87, Immigration Reform, Immigration, Immigration Debate, Politics News
Azadeh Shahshahani

HB 87 effectively compels all people in the state of Georgia, citizens and noncitizens alike, to carry identification documents on them at all times.

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Whites Can't Get Arrested in NYC: Police Refuse to Arrest White Protesters at Police Headquarters

Jesse Levine | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Stop and Frisks, Ray Kelly, Melissa Mark-Viverito, Marijuana, One Police Plaza, Nypd, Racism, Jumaane Williams, Marijuana Arrests, Letitia James, Police Accountability, Racial Profiling, New York News
Jesse Levine

White activists blocked the entrance of the NYPD headquarters at One Police Plaza, on Saturday, May 12, drawing attention to the city's ever-increasing, racially-skewed marijuana possession arrests.

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Arpaio 'Will Fight' Racial Profiling Lawsuit 'To The Bitter End'

AP | AMANDA LEE MYERS and JACQUES BILLEAUD | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Joe Arpaio, Joe Arpaio Lawsuit, Video, Arizona, Joe Arpaio Racial Profiling, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Racial Profiling, Politics News

PHOENIX — The careers of most politicians would crumble under the heavy scrutiny that the self-proclaimed toughest sheriff in America now faces....

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McDade's Parents Say Autopsy Contradicts Police Statement

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Kendrec Mcdade, Kendrec McDade Cause of Death, Trayvon Martin, Pasadena Teen Shot, Police Brutality, Kendrec McDade Autopsy, Racial Profiling, White Cop Black Man, McDade Shooting, Kendrec Mcdade Shooting, Kendrec McDade Shot, Slidepollajax, Los Angeles News

An autopsy conducted on Kendrec McDade, the 19-year-old who was fatally shot by Pasadena police in March, revealed that he received seven gun shot wou...

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Andrea Stone

Searching Breast Milk, Turbans, Genitals: Mobile App Is 'TSA's Watchdog'

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Sikh Turbans, Tsa, Video, Airport Racial Profiling, Tsa Pat Downs, Airport Security, TSA Security, Civil Rights, Racial Profiling, Mobile Apps, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- A new mobile app that enables travelers to file reports of alleged racial profiling by the Transportation Security Administration from t...

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Website Allows People To Report Suspected Undocumented Immigrants

Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Reporting Undocumented Immigrants, Video, illegalalienreport.com, Undocumented Immigration, Immigration, Undocumented Immigrant, Slidepollajax, Racial Profiling, Latino Voices News

A website called 'Illegal Alien Report' has surfaced on the the web, allowing people to publish reports about "illegal alien activity and border secur...

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Poison in America

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Hate Crimes, Trayvon Martin, Splc, Arizona, George Zimmerman, Southern Poverty Law Center, Arizona Anti-Immigration Law, Russell Pearce, J.T. Ready, Teaching Tolerance Program, Racial Profiling, Racial Politics, Hate Speech, Politics News
Marian Wright Edelman

The growth in hate groups and the use of their divisive and negative language in the mainstream political and media arena is cause for national alarm.

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End Racial Profiling Act: A Smarter Policy

Dawud Walid | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: End Racial Profiling Act, End Racial Profiling, Racial Profiling, Race Relations, Religion News
Dawud Walid

When we change the culture of profiling among our nation's finest, perhaps it will lead to a general cultural shift in which we will see the end to the type of profiling that led to the death of Trayvon Martin.

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End Of Profiling: Letter To Sam Harris

Michael Mungai | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Islam, TSA Security, Al Shabaab, Kenya, Terrorism, Racial Profiling, Al Qaeda, Sam Harris, Islam in America, Religion News
Michael Mungai

It is utterly insensitive that while the U.S. is dealing with the extremities of such a barbaric practice that's suspected to have ended young Trayvon Martin's life, a respected public intellectual like yourself would advocate its practice on others.

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ACLU Sues Border Patrol Over Alleged Racial Profiling

AP | MANUEL VALDES | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: US Canada Border, Immigration, Border Patrol, Latino Immigrants, Canada, Racial Profiling, Video, Latino Voices News

SEATTLE -- The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit Thursday against the U.S. Border Patrol seeking to bar agents from making traffic stops,...

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Like It or Not, Arizona's SB 1070 Is About Racial Profiling

Bill Ong Hing | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Institutionalized Racism, Immigration Reform, Arizona Immigration Law, Sb 1070, Racial Profiling, Arizona Immigration, Immigration, Immigration Debate, Politics News
Bill Ong Hing

The immigration admission and enforcement systems may appear neutral on their face, but when the immigration framework interacts with other racialized institutions, you realize that the structure generates racial disparities as well.

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On Trayvon Martin and Building Transracial Solidarity

Victoria Coats | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Activism, White Privilege, Solidarity, Trayvon Martin, Racism, Anti-Racism, Racial Profiling, Postbourgie, Black Voices News
Victoria Coats

In the wake of the murder of Trayvon Martin, some people have been reminded that anti-black racist violence is, in fact, a regular problem in the Unit...

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Romney and Obama: Lost in the Arizona Desert

Anthony D. Romero | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: President Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Arizona, Arizona Immigration Law, Racial Profiling, Barack Obama, Racial Profiling Arizona, Arizona Immigration Supreme Court, Scotus Sb 1070, Sb 1070, Politics News
Anthony D. Romero

I was inside the chamber as the justices indicated they were inclined to uphold at least part of Arizona's anti-immigrant law SB 1070. It's tragic that we have even gotten to this point.

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Andrea Stone

Airport Racial Profiling App To Allow Real-Time Reporting

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Sikh Turbans, Tsa Profiling, Tsa, Video, Terrorism, Muslims, Airport Security, TSA Security, Racial Profiling, Tsa Racial Profiling, Mobile Apps, Sikhs, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Civil rights groups plan to unveil a mobile app Monday that they say will allow users to report instances of alleged racial profiling by...

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Everything Wrong With Racial Profiling

Rev. Dr. James A. Kowalski | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: September 11, George Zimmerman, Racial Profiling, Islam, September 11 Anniversary, Trayvon Martin, Race in America, Terrorism, Nypd Scandals, Racism, Nypd Spying, Islam in America, Religion News
Rev. Dr. James A. Kowalski

What we know for sure is that Trayvon Martin is dead. We may also learn again that the false assumptions that undergird all sorts of profiling endanger our citizens and visitors, and divide us against each other.

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Missed Opportunities

DeAngelo Bester | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Patt Quinn Budget, Illinois Budget 2013, Illinois Budget, Chicago School Closings, Chicago Mental Health Clinic Closures, Income Inequality, Economic Inequality, Chicago Mental Health Centers, Racial Profiling, Nato Summit 2012, Chicago News
DeAngelo Bester

Making sure everyone pays their fair share is extremely important, but we need to make sure that the money generated is used for programs and services that invest in human needs, redress inequalities and expand opportunities for everyone.

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Law-enforcement Leaders Agree: State Anti-immigrant Laws Encourage Discrimination

Ali Noorani | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, Law, Equality, Law Enforcement, Liberty, American Dream, Freedom, Arizona Immigration Law, Constitution, Racial Profiling, Politics News
Ali Noorani

At its heart, America is an idea, not an ideology. And the idea that all men (and women) are created equal is unique to America. Once we allow law enforcement to ask someone for identification because they look less equal, the idea of America weakens.

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Racial Profiling Redux

Chandra Bhatnagar | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: End Racial Profiling Act, Human Rights, Sharukh Khan, Racial Profiling, Trayvon Martin, Racial Profiling United States, Trayvon Martin Shooting, Video, Politics News
Chandra Bhatnagar

Passing the End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) would send the strong message that our law requires that people be judged by what they do, not by what they look like or what God they pray to.

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25 Years Later, McCleskey Decision Still Fosters Racism by Ignoring It

Eva Paterson | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, Equal Justice Society, Death Penalty, NAACP LDF, Mccleskey v. Kemp, ACLU Capital Punishment Project, Georgia Law, Racial Profiling, Impact News
Eva Paterson

Few cases involving the intersection of race, criminal law, and procedure have had the reach and impact of McCleskey v. Kemp, a United States Supreme Court decision decided 25 years ago, on April 22, 1987.

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Does Religion Matter? Time To End Profiling

Engy Abdelkader | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Islam, Nypd Scandals, Muslim Americans, Racial Profiling, Islam in America, Profiling, Religion News
Engy Abdelkader

For years, the NYPD has engaged in the widespread warrantless surveillance of law abiding American Muslims without any credible evidence of criminal wrongdoing. Based upon the reports, their only crime appears to be their religious belief in Islam.

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The U.S. Supreme Court Will Decide And So Will We

Eliseo Medina | Posted 04.21.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, Immigration Reform, Supreme Court Immigration, Immigration, Sb 1070, Seiu, Racial Profiling, Racial Profiling Arizona, Politics News
Eliseo Medina

For two years, we have been living with the consequences of racial profiling state laws that violate our basic human and civil rights. But these mean-spirited laws that threaten the rights of citizens and immigrants will not be the last word.

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I am Trayvon Martin AND George Zimmerman

Deborah Plummer | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: George Zimmerman, Racial Profiling, Implicit Association Test, Trayvon Martin, Travel News, Video, Black Voices News
Deborah Plummer

All of us have a long way to go before "we have overcome." Overcoming is about ridding ourselves of how we perpetuate racism and other isms by our often unintentional actions.

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Confessions of a Racial Profiler

Stuart Muszynski | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Fiddler on the Roof, Holocaust, Holocaust Remembrance Day, Values, Trayvon Martin, American Values, Community, Society, Race, Racial Profiling, Culture News
Stuart Muszynski

A political science professor at Kent State University once told me that the history of our democracy is as much defined by who has been excluded as it is by who is included. Why do we exclude?

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