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Racial Profiling
- examples of Racial Profiling
- an employer
wants a stricter
security
clearance for a
Muslim
employee after
September 11th
- a private security
guard follows a
shopper because
she believes the
shopper is more
likely to steal from
the store
- a landlord asks a Chinese
student to move out
because she believes that
the tenant will expose her
to SARS (Severe Acute
Respiratory Syndrome)
even though the tenant
has not been to any
hospitals, facilities or
countries associated with a
high risk of SARS.
- an employer
wants a stricter
security
clearance for a
Muslim
employee after
September 11th
- Free
- Based on stereotypes
- Creating a profile about the kinds of
people who commit certain types of
crimes may lead officers to generalize
about a particular group and act
according to the generalization rather
than specific behavior.
- The stereotyping of Blacks as criminals
is so pervasive throughout society that
“criminal predator” is used as a
euphemism for “young Black male.”
- Pullover African Americans to
search their car based on
stereotype that all black
people smoke weed
- Creating a profile about the kinds of
people who commit certain types of
crimes may lead officers to generalize
about a particular group and act
according to the generalization rather
than specific behavior.
- What is Racial profiling?
- Racial Profiling refers to the
discriminatory practice by
law enforcement officials of
targeting individuals for
suspicion of crime based on
the individuals race,
ethnicity, religion or
national origin.
- narrow definition
- when a police officer
stops, questions, arrests,
and/or searches
someone solely on the
basis of the person’s race
or ethnicity.
- when a police officer
stops, questions, arrests,
and/or searches
someone solely on the
basis of the person’s race
or ethnicity.
- broader definition
- Under the broader definition, racial
profiling occurs when a law
enforcement officer uses race or
ethnicity as one of several factors in
deciding to stop, question, arrest,
and/or search someone. An example
of racial profiling under this broader
definition would be a police stop
based on
- • age (young); • dress (hooded
sweatshirt, baggy pants, etc.); •
time of day (late evening); •
geography (in the “wrong”
neighborhood); and • race or
ethnicity (black or Hispanic).9
- • age (young); • dress (hooded
sweatshirt, baggy pants, etc.); •
time of day (late evening); •
geography (in the “wrong”
neighborhood); and • race or
ethnicity (black or Hispanic).9
- Under the broader definition, racial
profiling occurs when a law
enforcement officer uses race or
ethnicity as one of several factors in
deciding to stop, question, arrest,
and/or search someone. An example
of racial profiling under this broader
definition would be a police stop
based on
- Racial Profiling refers to the
discriminatory practice by
law enforcement officials of
targeting individuals for
suspicion of crime based on
the individuals race,
ethnicity, religion or
national origin.
- Famous Cases racial profiling
- Pennsylvania (Brentwood)
- On October 12, 1995, Jonny
Gammage, a 31 year-old African
American male, was killed after
being pulled over while driving the
Jaguar of his cousin, Pittsburgh
Steelers football player Ray Seals, in
a predominately white community.
Although police claimed that
Gammage initiated the struggle, a
tow truck driver said he saw one
officer start the fight and the others
join in kicking, hitting and clubbing
Gammage while he lay on the
pavement.
- On October 12, 1995, Jonny
Gammage, a 31 year-old African
American male, was killed after
being pulled over while driving the
Jaguar of his cousin, Pittsburgh
Steelers football player Ray Seals, in
a predominately white community.
Although police claimed that
Gammage initiated the struggle, a
tow truck driver said he saw one
officer start the fight and the others
join in kicking, hitting and clubbing
Gammage while he lay on the
pavement.
- Ohio (Cincinnati)
- On April 7, 2001, in the early
morning hours, Timothy Thomas,
a 19 year-old African-American,
was shot to death by police officer
John Roach. Thomas had 14
outstanding misdemeanor
warrants, mostly traffic violations,
including failure to wear a seat
belt. According to a city
councilman, he was running away,
holding up his baggy pants, and
scaled a fence, landing in a
driveway where Roach was
approaching and shot Thomas.
- On April 7, 2001, in the early
morning hours, Timothy Thomas,
a 19 year-old African-American,
was shot to death by police officer
John Roach. Thomas had 14
outstanding misdemeanor
warrants, mostly traffic violations,
including failure to wear a seat
belt. According to a city
councilman, he was running away,
holding up his baggy pants, and
scaled a fence, landing in a
driveway where Roach was
approaching and shot Thomas.
- New York (Bronx-New York City)
- On February 4, 1999, Amadou Diallo, an
unarmed 22 year-old immigrant from New
Guinea, West Africa, was shot and killed in
the narrow vestibule of the apartment
building where he lived. Four white officers,
Sean Carroll, Kenneth Boss, Edward
McMellon and Richard Murphy fired 41
bullets, hitting Diallo 19 times. All four were
members of the New York City Police
Department's Street Crimes Unit, which,
under the slogan, "We Own the Night," used
aggressive "stop and frisk" tactics against
African Americans at a rate double that
group's population percentage.
- On February 4, 1999, Amadou Diallo, an
unarmed 22 year-old immigrant from New
Guinea, West Africa, was shot and killed in
the narrow vestibule of the apartment
building where he lived. Four white officers,
Sean Carroll, Kenneth Boss, Edward
McMellon and Richard Murphy fired 41
bullets, hitting Diallo 19 times. All four were
members of the New York City Police
Department's Street Crimes Unit, which,
under the slogan, "We Own the Night," used
aggressive "stop and frisk" tactics against
African Americans at a rate double that
group's population percentage.
- Pennsylvania (Brentwood)
- Purpose
- Creating a profile about the kinds of
people who commit certain types of
crimes may lead officers to generalize
about a particular group and act
according to the generalization rather
than specific behavior.
- unjust
- unjust
- Creating a profile about the kinds of
people who commit certain types of
crimes may lead officers to generalize
about a particular group and act
according to the generalization rather
than specific behavior.
- Driving while black
- Inaccurate
- uneffective
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