Racial Profiling Ariyana Woods Professor D English 1020 February 13‚ 2013 Ariyana Woods Professor D English 1020 13 February 2013 Racial Profiling In the 21st Century Racial profiling is a big issue. Many people have been victimized because of cops and other high authorities’ senseless attitudes on how to handle the law. What people have to realize is that racial profiling does happen to innocent people who are mostly targeted or pursued because of their race or sometimes even because
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Racial Profiling Racial Profiling is wrong‚ and stereotyping certain races as having a greater propensity to commit crimes should be prohibited. Ever since the terrorist attacks of September 11 there have been an increase in the willingness to condone law enforcement and security actions based primarily on the color of ones’ skin. Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks‚ it has been the official policy of the United States government to stop‚ interrogate‚ and detain individuals without criminal charges
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Racial profiling is a controversial topic in today’s society. Many minorities feel targeted by governmental officials such as police officers and U.S. courts. “Statistics have shown that blacks in the U.S. are arrested and imprisoned for committing crimes at higher proportions than any other racial group” (“Crime and Race”)Even though minorities feel targeted by governmental officials and have higher crime rates than whites‚ racial profiling is just an alleged practice. Minorities feel singled out
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Racial Profiling within America’s Criminal Justice System The criminal justice system of America is deeply scarred with racial bias. Crimes are being committed and‚ in turn‚ are resulting with innocent people doing hard-time. Thankfully‚ newfound methods of appealing court rulings are finding justice for these minorities; however‚ the results are as shocking as the crimes being committed. When it was found that the majority of successful appeals were of minorities‚ the true defects of the system
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Racial Profiling Prof. James Wright/CRJS420 By Viktoria Gavre American InterContinental University June 20‚ 2013 Racial Profiling Introduction On April 19‚ 1995‚ around 9 a.m. a yellow Ryder Rental truck pulled up into a parking area outside the Alfred P. Murrah Building in Oklahoma City. Two minutes later all hell broke loose as the truck’s 4000-pound cargo blasted the government building shattering one-third of the seven-story building. Investigators got it right‚ they said the suspect
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Should Racial Profiling be Practiced? Ever since the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center‚ America has been on high alert because of terrorists. People are hesitant to get on airplanes because of the other people that they sometimes see on the planes. They sometimes see persons of the same race of those who attacked on September 11 and are skeptical of them. This is known as racial profiling‚ judging a book by its cover. Law enforcement should not be able to use racial profiling as a practice
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Summary: In “You Have the Right to Remain a Target of Racial Profiling‚” syndicated columnist Eugene Robinson tries to impress upon his readers that racial profiling is still utilized by today’s police force. Mr. Robinson utilizes statistics from the U.S. Department of Justice‚ Bureau of Justice Statistics‚ to make his point. These statistics are taken from the Federal criminal justice system. Based on these statistics‚ he states that minorities (primarily blacks) are at least twice as likely
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Racial profiling has become a prominent issue in America. After the incident with Rodney King‚ more emphasis has been placed on profiling. According to news reports‚ Rodney King was driving down the street in his hometown of L.A. when several police officers stopped him solely of the color of his skin. There are many conflicting reports that state he was speeding doing about 100 mph before they stopped him. When he was stopped‚ he was pulled out of the car‚ the police proceeded to deliver 56 baton
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Friday‚ October 18‚ 2013 Racial Profiling Most people believe that they deserve the rights they are gained by the government. An upstanding citizen who pays their taxes‚ serves their community and abides by the law should be afforded the rights of an American. However‚ not all citizens are afforded equal rights. Gay and lesbians are consistently denied rights that are typically taken for granted by the average American. Specifically‚ gay and lesbian couples are denied the right to marry even if
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