Why Do Police Use Racial Profiling?
A cop is on patrol in the neighborhood of Austin in Chicago Illinois. Ranked as one of the highest drug polluted and poorest neighborhoods in Chicago. Demographically, 94 percent of the residence are Black, 4 percent Latino, 1 percent White, and one percent Other. The cop observes a middle aged white male drive through the neighborhood in his new 2016 minivan. What is a White man doing driving though a poor predominantly Black neighborhood. What is he doing? Buying drugs possibly? Something is out of place. Is that enough suspicion for the cop to pull the man over and ask what is going on? Is seeing someone skin color enough to question their legitimacy? It raises the question, is it just for cops to use racial profiling to do their job efficiently?
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For example, police work. The ratio between police officers and citizen is so high it is extremely hard to stop crime as a police officer. When police use racial profiling it is only making their work more effective. It is making them that much better at their job. They can assume what crimes will happen and where. If you find a middle aged white male driving a new car in a heavily populated poor black neighborhood it does raise suspicion. It would be safe to say he might be there to buy drugs, or doing other illegal acts. In the movie Crash two black males were wandering down a street that had a majority if not all, white people. One of the black males, Anthony makes a comment about they are the only black people on the heavily populated street. The next scene after Anthony was done complaining was the two black individuals following a white couple to their car where they would eventually steal their car with guns. This is just one example how when someone doesn’t fit in, something illegal might be
For example, police work. The ratio between police officers and citizen is so high it is extremely hard to stop crime as a police officer. When police use racial profiling it is only making their work more effective. It is making them that much better at their job. They can assume what crimes will happen and where. If you find a middle aged white male driving a new car in a heavily populated poor black neighborhood it does raise suspicion. It would be safe to say he might be there to buy drugs, or doing other illegal acts. In the movie Crash two black males were wandering down a street that had a majority if not all, white people. One of the black males, Anthony makes a comment about they are the only black people on the heavily populated street. The next scene after Anthony was done complaining was the two black individuals following a white couple to their car where they would eventually steal their car with guns. This is just one example how when someone doesn’t fit in, something illegal might be