Essay, Research Paper: Racial Profiling

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Racial Profiling
Racial profiling is prevalent with the law enforcement
agencies throughout the United States. Racial profiling is
not new to law enforcement and certainly not new to the
citizens that are victims from it. Profiling is a serious
injustice to humanity, is an act of racism and
discrimination, and is condoned by law enforcement
agencies.
Profiling has been enforced since the invention of law
enforcement. However, it is a crime that needs to cease.
Officers should not conduct traffic stops on vehicles based
on the ethnicity of the occupants. That is racism.
Racism is the belief that one race is superior to
another and discrimination is a prejudicial outlook.
Profiling is discrimination and racism all rolled into one.
Citizens should not be subjected to police discrimination
and racism. Law enforcement officials should be well
trained and biased. If officers were biased there would
not be racism in the police institution. There should be
more emphasis placed on hiring and the background of the
officers who are applying. The officers that are in place,
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more training and penalties should be enacted to deter them
from profiling.
Profiling is condoned by law enforcement agencies
nationwide. Since it is so embedded in the police culture
it is almost second nature to them. Most officers probably
do not even think what they do is profiling, but when you
conduct traffic stops based on ethnicity of the occupants
it is profiling.


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