All Posts Tagged With: "racial profiling"
Racial Profiling and the State
Virtually everyone wants to be on record opposing racial profiling in law enforcement, the use of race or ethnicity to help determine whom the police should suspect of criminal activity. Nothing is easier than opposing it. That is understandable. There is something unseemly about targeting someone for a criminal investigation simply because of his skin [...]
1Jun2001 | Sheldon Richman | 1 comment | ContinuedRacial Profiling
Former President Clinton called for a national crackdown on racial profiling and ordered federal law-enforcement authorities to begin an investigation. While running for president Al Gore promised the NAACP that if elected, eliminating racial profiling by the nation’s police departments would be a top priority.
1Apr2001 | Walter E. Williams | 29 comments | ContinuedBreak This Vile Addiction
Janneral Denson, who is black, was seven-months pregnant when she returned to her home in Florida after visiting Jamaica. U.S. Customs agents at the Fort Lauderdale airport greeted her with accusations that she had swallowed packets of drugs to smuggle them into the United States. Ignoring a physician’s opinion that Ms. Denson’s stomach contained no [...]
1Sep1999 | Donald J. Boudreaux | 4 comments | Continued-
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