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Bookmark or Share- Race and policing in America: 10 things we know - Pew Research CenterIn a 2019 Center survey, 84% of black adults said that, in dealing with police, blacks are generally treated less fairly than whites; 63% of whites said the same. Similarly, 87% of blacks and 61% of whites said the U.S. criminal justice system treats black people less fairly.
- Racial Profiling | American Civil Liberties UnionRacial profiling is patently illegal, violating the U.S. Constitution’s core promises of equal protection under the law to all and freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures. Just as importantly, racial profiling is ineffective.
- Racial Profiling: Past, Present, and Future? - American Bar AssociationProfessor Harris traces the history of racial profiling, the ways police have used it, its ineffectiveness as a crime-fighting tool, and the damage it does to communities of color and to policing itself. He also makes suggestions for curbing the practice.
- Racial Profiling: Definition | American Civil Liberties Union“Racial Profiling” refers to the discriminatory practice by law enforcement officials of targeting individuals for suspicion of crime based on the individual’s race, ethnicity, religion or national origin. Criminal profiling, generally, as practiced by police, is the reliance on a group of characteristics they believe to be associated with crime.
- What Is Racial Profiling? | Police Brutality CenterRacial profiling, also called ethnic profiling, is a discriminatory practice by law enforcement officials. In racial profiling, law enforcement officials target individuals as suspects in a crime based on the individual’s race, ethnicity, religion, or national origin, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.
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