Arguments Against Racial Profiling

Some say that racial profiling is a tactic that is very much needed to help officers with investigations. Racial profiling is actually unconstitutional because the fourth amendment prohibits unreasonable searches. The fourth amendment also sets out requirements for search warrants based on probable cause. The court case United States v. Brignoni-Ponce confronted the issue of race as being a factor to the suspicion of criminal activity. The officer that stopped the respondent's car said it was “ the apparent Mexican ancestry of the occupants.” This belief that the occupants were illegal immigrants did not satisfy the court and they ruled the case as violating the fourth amendment.

Racial profiling exceeds the legal limits, Latino communities are afraid of going out because they have a higher risk of being arrested, based in the way they look. Ranjana Natarajan a clinical professor and director of the Civil Rights Clinic at The University of Texas School of Law, writes the article, “ Racial Profiling Has Destroyed Public Trust in Police. Cops Are Exploiting Our Weak Law Against It” where she explains how police brutality is against the law but is still happening. Natarajan mentions, “Whatever else we have learned from the recent tragedies of police violence, it is clear that we need comprehensive federal, state and local policies that outlaw racial profiling and rein in police excessive force”. This shows how police

An indication that disproves the claim that racial profiling is an essential policing tactic centers on the idea that it violates the constitutional rights of an individual. In “Rights and Wrongs,” Jeffrey Toobin demonstrates that racial profiling violates the constitutional rights of an individual, in that unarmed individuals and those of color are racially profiled for the way they look for no apparent reason. This article discusses the idea of whether or not racial profiling is or is not a constitutional tactic for law enforcement. It is unclear as to why law enforcement chooses to target those who look suspicious without knowing their purpose. Those of color are being unfairly treated and accused of crimes for no apparent reason. Toobin states, “An officer got out of an unmarked van and came up to me,” Bradley recalled. “I just accommodated the officer to the best of my ability, and, in turn, what happened was, he went into my pockets… There was nothing in my pockets except my house keys, my cell phone, my wallet. The thing about it that was so appalling was that I had spent my last dollar to see my loved one. And then he said, ‘Fuck that, you’re going in” (Toobin 30). This quote is a perfect representation of racial profiling, where an officer decides to target individuals based on his appearance, which is unconstitutional. When Scheindlin stated, “I just accommodated the officer to the best of my ability, and, in turn, what happened was, he went into my pockets,” it was to my understanding that law enforcement has violated the rights of an individual in the sense of which officers do not have the rights to go through personal belonging without a valid reason. Even if he “accommodated the officer” with the best of his ability, he was violated for his rights for not doing anything illegal. Since he was still being searched for looking “suspicious” it is clear that the officer had racially profiled an individual under no circumstances of a prosecution. This proves that the even if an individual is complying with the laws, police officers will go out of their to find reasons to target people and violate their constitutional rights. In addition to this topic, the idea of violating the constitutional rights

Racial profiling is the most arrogant thing you can ever do as a man. Normally the individuals who are influenced by racial profiling are minorities, but any individual can be a victim of racial profiling. Some may feel that racial profiling is non-existent; however, it is still in presence and has been seen in the past and now in the present year. Although more than fifty percent of the time racial profiling is led against a man or a woman of color; an African-American to be specific. There are examples where a white individual can be a casualty also. Trying to say that there isn't any individual out there that is excluded from racial profiling, because there isn't an individual who is simply free from this cruel strategy for choice making.

Racial profiling has gotten worse over the last decade. The issue of racial profiling has been one of the most important, if not the most important issue for a number of years throughout the U.S. Racial profiling has spread throughout the U.S. fast and it is still spreading as we speak. Evidence shows that African Americans and Hispanics are more likely to be stopped and searched by police, even though they are less likely to be found possessing contraband or committing a criminal act(Natarajan). The police’s use of excessive force is a national and systematic problem. They need to put all of the officers into a class which shows them that racial profiling is bad, considering how often it happens and how worse its getting. Racial profiling

Racial profiling is evident in our community when police officers target people for suspicion of crime based on their race, ethnicity, religion or natural origin.

Racial profiling has reached epidemic proportions. In light of the deaths of Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Sandra Bland, and recently Mansur Ball-Bey one might be able to conclude (or theorize through conspiracy) that there is a bounty on the heads of people of color executed on the individual (micro) and ________ at the community (mezzo) and societal levels (macro). Racial profiling is the act of targeting a person or people based on their race or color for alleged criminal offenses not based on committing a crime. Racial profiling is a social justice issue and a violation of the U.S. Constitution’s 4th and 14th Amendments rights.

Being an Officer of the law is dangerous profession. Many officers are killed in the line of duty every year and because of this sometimes police are put in situations that require excessive force. Recently what we have seen is that excessive force has ended in the death of an unarmed suspect. I want to address one of topic being spoken on the News right now, Police Brutality in American and if it correlates with racial profiling.

A serious civil rights issue is racial profiling. Racial profiling is the use of race or ethnicity as grounds for suspecting someone of having committed an offense or crime. The reason I will talk about this topic is because this is happening to a lot of African Americans as well as Muslim, Latinos, and others. Because of racial profiling, innocent citizens are being killed, put in prison, and discriminated against.

Terrorism plays a big part in racial profiling too. Lately, there has been lots of terrorist attacks from Middle Eastern people and people near the Middle East. Libya, Afghanistan, and the Al-Qaeda Islamist group are examples of the terrorism directed at the United States. Logical- ly, it would not make sense to subject a middle-aged Filipino to as much scrutiny as a middle- aged Muslim (Grabianowski 4). This is not racism because racism is discrimination against a race or ethnicity. Countries are only trying to protect themselves, not to discriminate and be scared of the

Have may have been a victim of racial profiling. By definition racial profiling “the consideration of race when developing a profile of suspected criminals; by extension a form of racism involving police focus on people of certain racial groups when seeking suspected criminals”. We all laugh when the old lady in the movie is asked to describe the burglar and her response is “He was black” only to find out her grandson was the criminal. However, for the people suffering this you ever been consider a suspect of a crime because you “fit the profile of the perpetrator”? If so, you possibly injustice in real life every day, it is no laughing matter. There is no fun in being followed around a department store expected to shoplift simply because I am black. Nor, do I find the humor in having to explain to my son to make sure he does not behave in a certain manner when he goes to certain places so he won’t be seen as a threat unintentionally. Racial profiling is no fun. It degrades the person profiled and should make the person doing the profiling feel low. It affects numerous Americans in daily situations where others have the luxury of not thinking about it. Considering we all

I strongly believe that racial profiling should not be used in law enforcement. Racial profiling is irrational and leads to discrimination by targeting individuals based on race, ethnicity, or religion. In the United States, everyone has the right to be considered innocent until proven guilty, but racial profiling allows the authorities to consider people guilty until proven innocent. Racial profiling is exceptionally unethical, unreasonable, and ineffective.

The concept targets minority groups, encouraging law enforcement proceedings to be biased in an incorrect manner. If the U.S. were to keep ignoring this issue, victims of racial profiling will continue to be given unequal protection by the law. The way racial profiling works, it puts these law enforcement officials in a position to become personally inclined toward a certain race, and the law enforcement system becomes biased. With this biased system, nobody is equal. (The Daily Beast, 2015) This concept is also a direct violation of the rights stated in the 14th Amendment, which is supposed to guarantee that no state shall "deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” Racial profiling breaks the laws of this Amendment because racial profiling doesn’t protect minorities, but on the contrary, it deprives minorities of their liberty with no logical reasoning supporting these decisions. Racial profiling directly violates the 14th Amendment. (The Daily Beast, 2015) The 14th Amendment isn’t the only Amendment being broken either. The Fourth Amendment states that “[t]he right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated.” (Feder, 2012) Racial profiling involves random “frisking” (random roadside search/seizure) of victims. This is

Racial profiling has been a very monumental issue from the past few years. Race and orientation are the dominant characteristics the authorities look when captivating in this category of profiling. The incontrovertible pattern of race-based on the stops from the police is a problem that millions of African-American and Latino-American motorist encounter regularly on this nation's highway. This play on words DWI (Driving while Intoxicated) refers to the employed police practice of using an traffic violations as a pretext to stop black or Hispanic. The police assume that they are involved in a criminal activity unrelated to the driving. These policemen have no right or legal cause to carry stops besides the enforcing a traffic bylaw.

When people act on their stereotypical views, that is when stereotyping becomes a big concern and can affect others.Stereotyping is the main cause that leads to profiling. Anyone of any race can experience profiling, and racial profiling discriminates and victimizes people who may not necessarily be committing a crime.