The ACLU(American Civil Liberties Union) is an organization in which is also very concerned with racial profiling. In there definition racial profiling is any police or private security practice in which a person is treated as a suspect because of his or her race, ethnicity,nationality or religion. This act most commonly occurs when police investigate, stop, frisk, search or use force against a person based on such characteristics(most commonly a person of race in which is not white)instead of evidence of a person's criminal behavior. It often involves the stopping and searching of people of color for traffic violations, known as DWB(Driving While Black or Brown). In most situations, the so called "violator" is of a black or latino race but after the September 11 attacks, muslims, arabs and many other races have now also been a part of this dvery uphauling behavior from police.
According to the ACLU racial profiling is a new term for an old practice known by other names: institutional racism and discrimination and owes its existence to prejudice that has existed in this country since slavery. There are hundreds and thousands of innocent black, latino, arab, etc. shopper, drivers and pedestrians who have fell victim to racial profiling. These discriminatory police stops and searches have reached outstanding proportions in recent years. Fueled by the "War on Drugs" and the "War on Terror", some police have taken the innitiotive to target people in which they think fit the profile of a gang memeber, drug courier of a terrorist. This is an act that needs to be stopped and should be handled immieadiately.
The ACLU is a very serious organization when it comes to defending human rights. They believe it is a crime and something has to be done about it. The following is an example of how serious the ACLU is about getting rid of racial profiling.
ACLU Files Racial Profiling Lawsuit Against Rhode Island State Police (01/08/2007)PROVIDENCE, RI - In a federal lawsuit filed today, the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island charged that state police engaged in racial profiling and acted unconstitutionally when they detained 14 people on Interstate 95 and transferred them to immigration officials. The individuals, all Guatemalans, were stopped in a van after the driver changed lanes without using a turn signal.
http://www.aclu.org/racialjustice/racialprofiling/index.html
According to the ACLU racial profiling is a new term for an old practice known by other names: institutional racism and discrimination and owes its existence to prejudice that has existed in this country since slavery. There are hundreds and thousands of innocent black, latino, arab, etc. shopper, drivers and pedestrians who have fell victim to racial profiling. These discriminatory police stops and searches have reached outstanding proportions in recent years. Fueled by the "War on Drugs" and the "War on Terror", some police have taken the innitiotive to target people in which they think fit the profile of a gang memeber, drug courier of a terrorist. This is an act that needs to be stopped and should be handled immieadiately.
The ACLU is a very serious organization when it comes to defending human rights. They believe it is a crime and something has to be done about it. The following is an example of how serious the ACLU is about getting rid of racial profiling.
ACLU Files Racial Profiling Lawsuit Against Rhode Island State Police (01/08/2007)PROVIDENCE, RI - In a federal lawsuit filed today, the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island charged that state police engaged in racial profiling and acted unconstitutionally when they detained 14 people on Interstate 95 and transferred them to immigration officials. The individuals, all Guatemalans, were stopped in a van after the driver changed lanes without using a turn signal.
http://www.aclu.org/racialjustice/racialprofiling/index.html
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