Malik Pope's Expository Composition Blog: Racial Profiling Notes and Resources

officers are more likely to stop African americans and latinos before white person based on suspicion and race.
racial stereo types say that an armed black man is more dangerous than a armed white man
could stop a person for being latino and believe that they are undocumented
officers can stop and question anyone because as long as there free to walk away, the fourth amendment doesn't apply
officers don't have to tell a person that they have the right to deny a search request

white officers became more aggressive due to a fact that they had stopped a black man
due to the fact that perry said he was making sure no one was following him, the officers began questioning him further for things other than the traffic violation
perrys mentality was to not question the officers especially since they were white and to do as they say
officers look for things to questions such as tinted windows and begin trying to take keys from his car
a 3rd officer shows up that is black, upon seeing perry, there is a different reaction that comes from the two white cops that are very apologetic.

LAPD denies any racial profiling in there department and that if there is any, its very little
LAPD refuses any type of work that involes weeding out or pointing out racial profiling in there department
1200 claims made against LAPD for racial profiling, all of them denied by them

a white man who was said to be an "aggressive neighborhood watch" suspicious of a black teen walking in his complex
due to reports of theft, it was assumed that this black teen was up to no good
dispatchers tried telling Zimmerman that he didn't need to follow trayvon and he refused
police defend Zimmerman claiming it was "self-defense" and that it applies under stand your ground laws
witnesses that called the police said that the cries for help were from a boy that suddenly stopped when a gun shot was fired.
trayvon's girlfriend was on the phone with him before this happened and there is recorded evidence that Zimmerman confronted trayvon first

andy was a kid of Hispanic decent, a possible reason to the quick decision to shoot
officers gave little warning to surrender before shooting
soldiers at war don't have permission to fire unless fired upon where as the police fired on this boy before he fully turned around
7 shots fired within 10 seconds, a long period to be shooting at someone

a young black man is stopped for traffic violation by an officer in street clothes and is choked by the officer
the black man says that the officer was pulling his gun and accidently shot himself in the leg and in that moment took the gun from him and threw it and ran away.
evidence does show that the officers equipment was scattered around the area but the gun was never found
officers say that riley took the officers weapon and shot him with it and ran off
there is a pattern that shows officers assume that the black body is considered a weapon.
durham county is know as one of North Carolinas most racist areas
other reports of racial profiling have occurred in this area that have end with physical violence by the officers who stop people based on race

racial profiling can be found across the world and for many other races
A gypsy family in sweeden found out that they were on a profile for police to fight violent crime
5000 people in this profile not limited to children
compared the situation to hitler
European countries are racist towards these people and are the equvilant of how people profile against minorities in America
Some people in Europe don't deny the racial profiling such as the French interior minister who says that there lifestyle is "confrontational" to that of the French

officers in this airport have observed evidence of racial profiling
written complaints from the officers that they were to target minorities
minorities were stopped to raise numbers of stops to show that there program was working but 80 percent of the stops were on minorities

alameda county sheriff have received about 30 complaints of racial profiling since 2005 and found 3 to be improper actions by officers
stereotyping is typical human behavior whether you believe it or not
officer Ron Davis looks on his career of policing and realize that he has been apart of racial profiling even though it wasn't intentional

video evidence of an officer running over a black man running on foot
shooting another man 10 times for not listening to orders.
officer being charged with man slaughter
officers report that the man shot charged the car and was shot at with a tazer and missed so 10 shots were fired but dash cam shows that the man shot had his hands above his head

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