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Racial profiling or ethnic profiling is the offender profiling, selective enforcement or selective prosecution based on race or ethnicity, rather than individual suspicion or evidence. This practice involves discrimination against minority populations and often relies on negative stereotypes .
Proponents of racial profiling believe that inner city residents of Hispanic communities are subjected to racial profiling because of theories such as the "gang suppression model". The "gang suppression model" is believed by some to be the basis for increased policing, the theory being based on the idea that Latinos are violent and out of ...
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More than 82% of stops across all racial and ethnic groups were prompted by traffic violations and 14.2% by “reasonable suspicion” that a driver was engaged in criminal activity.
The U.S. Department of Justice concluded that Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio oversaw the worst pattern of racial profiling in U.S. history. [111] The illegal tactics that he was using included "extreme racial profiling and sadistic punishments that involved the torture, humiliation, and degradation of Latino inmates". [112]
Massachusetts lawmakers have done little to combat racial profiling over the past 20 years. Beacon Hill’s Democratic party leaders, under pressure from law enforcement, have repeatedly rejected ...
This use of racial categories is frequently criticized for perpetuating an outmoded understanding of human biological variation, and promoting stereotypes. Because in some societies racial groupings correspond closely with patterns of social stratification, for social scientists studying social inequality, race can be a significant variable.
Opponents have called it unconstitutional and said will lead to racial profiling. A federal judged in late February blocked the law from being implemented while its legality plays out in court.