Profiling

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

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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4 Muslims File Harassment Lawsuit Against FBI, Border Patrol

AP | ED WHITE | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Detroit Muslims, Council on American Islamic Relations, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Video, Muslim Harassment Lawsuit, Profiling, Cair, CAIR Michigan, Fbi, Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, CAIR MI, Border Patrol Muslim Harassment Lawsuit, FBI Muslim Harassment Lawsuit, Detroit News

DETROIT -- Some Detroit-area Muslims have been held at gunpoint, handcuffed and repeatedly harassed about their religion when returning to the U.S. fr...

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Beyond the Numbers - Stop-and-Frisk from the Perspective of the Profiled

Jason A. Otaño | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Police Brutality, Latinos, Racial Profiling, Profiling, New York Police Department, Police Department, Latino Voices News

"Up against the car!" one of the men barks, as the others pushed the three of us up against the vehicle. "Where are the weapons?" The cops must have thought that the three Latinos in leather jackets were there to rob the college students on their way back to campus.

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Brooklyn College Profs to Ray Kelly: Stop Spying on Muslims

Len Levitt | Posted 11.19.2011

Read More: Nypd, Cia, Religious Profiling, Michael Bloomberg, Profiling, Nypd Spying on Mosques, Nypd Spying, Brooklyn College, Racial Profiling, Nypd Scandals, New York News

Brooklyn College's Faculty Council denounced the spying on Islamic students, suggesting that the police department targeted them without any proof that they were engaging in terrorist activity.

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Mom Profiling Is An Imperfect Science, But I Know Who You Are

Teresa Strasser | Posted 08.14.2011

Read More: Strollers, Working Mothers, Crime, Profiling, Motherhood, Moms, Stay at Home Mothers, Comedy News

Before I had a baby, moms were invisible to me. But now, moms, I know you. If your daughter didn't want her hair brushed this morning, I know it from the angle of the tangle.

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Catholic Nun Forcibly Removed From Plane For Wearing 'Muslim Garb'

Jalees Rehman, M.D. | Posted 06.05.2011

Read More: Religion, Islam, Profiling, Islamophobia, Prejudice, Nuns, Comedy, Airline, Plane, Satire, Muslims, Homeland Security, Flight, Terrorism, Lent, Catholic, Comedy News

Sister Cora-Ann, a Catholic Nun from the Our Lady of Grace Monastery in Dayton, Ohio got the surprise of her life yesterday, when she was asked to leave the plane she had just boarded at the Omaha International Airport.

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TSA Partners With Match.com

Sally Kohn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Funny, Airport Screening, Humor, Terrorism, match.com, Profiling, Singles, Tsa, Privacy, Airport, Pat Down, Airport Scanners, Satire, Don't Touch My Junk, Security, Transportation Security Administration, Comedy News

WASHINGTON, DC (Movement Vision Lab) --- Ending days of suspense about the utility of Transportation Security Administration officials copping feels ...

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Back in Time in the Bay State

Hilary Kramer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: SB 2416, Centers for Disease Control (CDC), HIV/AIDS, Profiling, Politics News

Forces opposed to the Massachusetts bill for improved HIV testing practices are pushing some of the most regressive public health policies in one of the country's most progressive states.

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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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Losing the Country, One Profile at a Time

Anis Shivani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Civil Liberties, No-Fly Lists, Racial Profiling, Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, Terrorism, Profiling, Airline Screening, Watch Lists, Airline Travel, Tsa, Civil Rights, George W. Bush, Privacy, Barack Obama, TSA Security, Politics News

Obama really knows how to take the worst excesses of the Bush administration, put his own liberal-sounding cover on them, and make them more insidious...

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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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Unamerican America

Nida Khan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, Times Square, Profiling, Times Square Car Bomb, Times Square Bomb, Immigration, Faisal Shahzad, Racial Profiling, Politics News

There is a troubling trend in this nation -- a concerted, conscious effort to stoke the qualms of many with a great divide that is once again pitting a proverbial 'us' against 'them'.

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If We Want to Protect America's Airports, We Must Profile

Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Christmas Day Terror Attack, Airport Security, September 11th, Terrorism, Al Qaeda, Profiling, Politics News

The Christmas Day attempted bombing of Northwest Airlines Flight 253 brought our minds sharply back to the threat our nation faces on a daily basis.

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Looking ahead to 9/11/2011: The Time for National Healing Begins Now

Deepa Iyer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Muslim, Racial Profiling, September 11, Profiling, South Asian Americans, 9/11, Racism, Airport Security, National Day of Remembrance, Arab Americans, Politics News

Let's not wait fifty years to recognize the impact of post 9/11 policies on our communities and our country. The movement towards national healing must begin now.

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Northwest Flight 253: A Catalyst for a New Approach to Aviation Security?

Rani Singh | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Passengers, Prince Nayef, Aviation Security, Profiling, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Yemen, Tsa, Detroit, Sceening, World News

We are now at a critical crossroads for aviation security. The choices are simple: we can carry on as we are or we can face up to the difficult challenge of rethinking our approach.

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America's New Face of Terrorism

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Profiling, News, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Osama Bin Laden, Pakistan, World, Civil Rights, America, Politics News, Uniteds States of America, 7/7, London 7/7, Arabs, Civil Liberties, Saudi Arabia, El Al, United States. U.S., Black Men, Richard Reid, Nigeria, Senator Joe Liberman, Discrimination, Thurgood Marshall, Newsweek, Islam, American Muslim, Usama Bin Laden, Politics, U.S. Government, Transportation Safety Administration, John Muhammad, Blacks, Newt Gingrich, Tsa, Muslim Public Affairs Council, General McInerney, U.S. Pysche, Arab, Racial Profiling, Muslims, African American, Nigerian, Justice Thurgood Marshall, Israel, New York Times, Fox News, Joe Lieberman, Terrorism, Dc Sniper, Shoe Bomber, European Allies, The West, Alejandro Beutal, World News

Thanks to a 23-year-old black man who deceptively looks like an innocent boy, African-Americans, Arabs and the Muslim Diaspora all have something in common. They are more easily viewed as terrorists, and there's no escaping it.

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Will The Next "Underwear Bomber" Succeed?

Alan Dershowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Detroit, Suicide Bomber, Civil Liberties, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Profiling, Northwest Flight 253, Full-Body Scanners, Privacy, Racial Profiling, Newark Airport, Politics News

My dire New Year prediction is that Islamic terrorists may well succeed this year in blowing up a civilian airliner. They have already twice proved that suicide bombers can get through security.

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Americans: Much More Than a Profile

Nadia Tonova | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Racial Profiling, Profiling, Race Issues, Politics News

Police officers have a duty to protect and to serve everyone in the community, regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, national origin or immigration status. They have a responsibility to follow facts, not bias.

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Back to Black Man 101

Terrance Heath | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Blacks, President Obama, Profiling, Police Brutality, Race, Henry Louis Gates Arrested, Henry Louis Gates, Class, Racial Profiling, Politics News

Anger, if you are a minority, is dangerous. If you are a woman, a person of color, gay, etc., your movements must be calm, your voice must be modulated, and your anger must never show.

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Rankism: The Elephant in Professor Gates's House

Robert Fuller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dignity, Profiling, Racism, Henry Gates, Sergeant Crowley, Rank Abuse, Rank, Rankism, Politics News

We were quick to look at the Gates affair through the lens of race. To bring things fully into focus, we need a second lens -- that of rank.

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Jay-Z: "Every Step You Take, They Remind You, You Ghetto"

Jennifer Donahue | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Deval Patrick, Barack Obama, Police, Profiling, Henry Louis Gates, Harvard Professor Arrest, Sergeant Gates, Harvard, Race, Cambridge, Charles Ogletree, Grammy Awards, Politics News

The problem isn't so much what happened with Crowley and Gates. A greater problem is the divide between famous and easily identifiable people of color and those with no defense.

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Gates Forgot to Pay His Skin Tax

Lowell Thompson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Skin, Gates, Tax, Harvard, Henry Louis Gates, Racial Profiling, Arrested, Profiling, Blacktax, Politics News

Even my most progressive white friends play down the differences in our American experience because of skin color.

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"Flying While Arab" Continues to Soar

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arab World, White House, War on Terrorism, Airport Security, Profiling, Airports, George W. Bush, Abu Dhabi, Immigration, Obama Administration, World, Flying While Muslim, World News, Arabs, Middle East, Airlines, President Bush, African Americans, Politics, Arab Discrimination, Blacks, Tsa, J.C. Watts, Barack Obama, Muslim World, Arab Americans, Driving While Black, Racial Profiling, Arab, Terrorism, Shoe Bomber, Flying While Arab, Vice President Cheney, Politics News

"Miss!" A large man with a crew cut pointed at me and exclaimed, "You have a bomb in your shoe!" This dude was talking to me. I was shocked.

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Vegetable Profiling: Tomatoes See Red

Suzette Standring | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Police, Fda, Jalapenos, Profiling, Food, Salmonella, Salsa, Prejudice, Tomatoes, Outbreak, Poisoning, Healthy Living News

Tomatoes are seeing red at being wrongly blamed as the contamination cause of a national Salmonella outbreak. Now jalapeno peppers have replaced tomatoes as the possible culprit.

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Profiling Only Helps When There Is Evidence of Crime, Not Before

Ray Hanania | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islam, Muslims, Profiling, Middle East, Arabs, Terrorism, Sept. 11, 9/11, Justice Department, Fbi, Counterterrorism, Politics News

We have to learn to distinguish between real moderates and the extremists if we plan to defeat the terrorists. Profiling can't do that. Americans need more, not less education.

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