Racial Profiling

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Racial Profiling

• Presented by Adam Roman

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How it is Used

• Cops can stop cars based on vague (B.O.L.O.s)
  Be On Look Out for
• Searches and stops at the Airport.
• Checkpoint stops at the border.
• Used by any law enforcement officer.

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Quick Video Example

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vsKAOsaR4N24
• Example of Racial Profiling turned into a joke

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Pros

• When used correctly with accurate B.O.L.O.s it
  can help achieve goals.
• Helps officers catch criminals based on community
  someone is in.
• Some say it helped after the 911 acts.

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Cons

• Leads to racism and racial discrimination.
• Constant stops of Blacks, Latinos and Muslims.
• Racial Profiling can lead to police brutality.
• Such as the incident of Rodney King.
• Amadou Diallo was shot 41 times by New York cops
  for pulling out a wallet which was believed to be
  a gun.

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Video Example

• This is an example of how racial profiling is
  used by everyone not just officers.
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vUmXo8HIiHM8
• This is an example of DWB.

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Examples

• I was pulled over before for Driving while Brown.
• Muslims have the problem of FWM. (flying while
  Muslim)
• Matt Salib a close friend of mine was constantly
  stopped in every airport we traveled to.

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Illegal?

• 1) International Convention on the Elimination of
  All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD)Adopted
  by the General Assembly in December of 1965
  entered into force in January 1969 ratified by
  the U.S. in 1994 as a non self-executing treaty
  to prevent filing of domestic lawsuits by
  individuals.
• Part I, Article 1 In this convention, the term
  "racial discrimination" shall mean any
  distinction, exclusion, restriction or preference
  based on race, color, descent, or national or
  ethnic origin which has the purpose or effect of
  nullifying or impairing the recognition,
  enjoyment or exercise, on an equal footing, of
  human rights and fundamental freedoms in the
  political, economic, social, cultural or any
  other field of public life.
• Part I, Article 2 States Parties condemn racial
  discrimination and undertake to pursue by all
  appropriate means and without delay a policy of
  eliminating racial discrimination in all its
  forms and promoting understanding among all
  races...

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Illegal?

• 2) International Covenant on Civil and Political
  Rights (ICCPR)
• Adopted by the General Assembly in December 1966
  entered into force in March 1976 Ratified by the
  U.S. in 1992.
• Part II, Article 2 Each State Party to the
  present Covenant undertakes to respect and to
  ensure to all individuals within its territory
  and subject to its jurisdiction the rights
  recognized in the present Covenant, without
  distinction of any kind, such as race, color,
  sex, language, religion, political, or other
  opinion, national or social origin, property,
  birth or other status.
• Part II, Article 4 In time of public emergency
  which threatens the life of the nation and the
  existence of which is officially proclaimed, the
  States Parties to the present Covenant may take
  measures derogating from their obligations under
  the present Covenant to the extent strictly
  required by the exigencies of the situation,
  provided that such measures are not inconsistent
  with their other obligations under international
  law and do not involve discrimination solely on
  the grounds of race, color, sex, language,
  religion, or social origin.

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Conclusion

• Racial profiling is Illegal yet it still exists.
• Everyone has heard of one or more instances of
  racial profiling.
• It can lead to horrible things such as racism
  which then can lead to incidents like the death
  of Amadou Diallo.
• Racial profiling is based on stereotypes and
  racial prejudice.