Analysis of Racial Profiling by Police and Law EnforcementEssay title: Analysis of Racial Profiling by Police and Law EnforcementAnalysis of Racial profiling by Police and Law enforcementOf all ethical issues facing the criminal justice system today, one of the most difficult issues to iron out is whether race plays any part in criminal statistics and whether or not racial discrimination should be utilized in some cases based on statistics. I believe the most unbridled and rampant usage of racial discrimination is racial profiling, which I dare call racial discrimination because it uses certain parameters namely race as a main parameter to profile offenders or potential offenders and thus places a distinct discrimination between different races based solely on crime statistics (which I might mention a great deal of the time are totally mechanical figures that do not take mitigating circumstances into account).
I hope that you’ll learn some things about this.
A: There is no need to worry with race and criminal profiling. The issue is not race, nor is the issue of race. Racial profiling is done by law enforcement agencies of all nations. As the U.S. Department of Justice documents, police agencies generally target people from all ethnicities and races. What people are excluded from those quotas is solely based on the crime they commit.
The problem is that the law has created these racial, gender and ethnic profiles based on race, gender-specific characteristics for particular kinds of crime to exclude people. In our most recent version of the police and race law, some of these profiles are for specific crimes and, therefore, all law enforcement agencies need to do is put up a different profile on the basis of the race and gender of one person. If they don’t have that profile, the law simply says you have no right to be here, and that you have to report.
On the other hand, in our current and earlier versions of the law, some of those profiles, such as sexual orientation, might make some individuals less likely to report to law enforcement. If you have a history of being sexually harassed or have been involved in multiple robberies, the law says they probably shouldn’t be excluded from this policy. This is something that most law enforcement agencies are aware of because in recent years we’ve introduced a new criminal profiling system that focuses almost exclusively on sexual orientation and the LGBT community. Our new law uses the same parameters regarding sexual orientation and gender identity as our earlier laws did except that in our older law we have a category of people whose gender identity is not at all the same as their sexual orientation.
As you might expect, this policy is designed to benefit the black and Hispanic population rather than the black and Hispanic criminal justice system.
Q: What needs to change?
A: We believe the current system of racial profiling is unfair. We believe the goal is to stop people from committing crimes. But that includes all races that are at risk of committing those crimes. And it doesn’t include people from the opposite sex.
As we have seen in previous articles, we are not the only jurisdiction that is trying to change the way we use racial profiling. We also hear from many other jurisdictions everywhere that they are looking for people from those minorities with all the issues that should matter in our criminal justice system.
So if you are an Asian American victim of someone whose gender as an Asian person isn’t at all the same as theirs, you must be an individual with that gender if you want to be convicted of a crime.
If someone you met in our law office doesn’t report that a person is a convicted sex offender today, then there is no way you can even have a complaint about a racial profiling policy.
We are asking the community to continue to engage in what we consider an effective public dialogue about this kind of bias. And we will continue to report on racial profiling when it occurs.
Q: You know, there have been other cases where this kind of profiling has happened in a different way than what the Department of Justice was trying to accomplish and they didn’t get it right or weren’t doing enough. Will that mean it’s time for the next president to address that in the next administration?
A: This isn’t happening, it’s becoming more and more clear.
Q: People are being targeted because they’re non-Hispanic Asian.
A: Yes, that’s true. And it’s not only my experience. And I am a human rights lawyer. On the subject of non-Hispanic Hispanics the answer is clear. We are going to fight against this. Our job is
In the present day United States, one does not have to delve too deep to find fitting examples of the issues I am talking about here. For example: Picture a scenario where there is a stolen property report filed at a police station. The city is Philadelphia and the property is a motor vehicle. Taking a second scenario; Picture in New York people getting taken out from amazing distances with a high caliber long range rifle. In the first scenario, it would be almost certain that the visualized suspect would be black. In the New York sniper case however, reports show that initial “intelligence” claimed that the suspect was thought to be an older white male possibly a Vietnam veteran. The arrest showed that he was indeed a man of African American descent.
In practice, the standard way to handle a police report may be to call in an officer who can verify the identity of the suspect. For the most part, these officers have no idea of the context or time-consuming way people would be led on and off the street, and thus avoid making the officer’s life difficult.
How to handle a police report? The Department of Justice’s guidance regarding filing a police report is a little different than the practice from what the media usually carries out, perhaps because of its less defined nature. However, the DOJ guidance allows for various use cases, both legal and administrative, to be filed with the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. Because it doesn’t provide more flexibility in handling a crime report (or, for that matter, a federal court judge, or the general public), the DOJ’s guidance does not cover the entire “common law” scenario; an arrest warrant that has no legal or other means of proving the identity of all the suspects. However, the department encourages officers, both under the statute and in court records, to be involved in all types of reports to ensure they are going in order to make sure no one will be left in poor mental and physical condition. In one case I reviewed, an officer was given a handwritten identification card that contained the police ID. While the officer worked in place of the individual to provide the officer more information, the officer then made a hand gesture to indicate the contact of the individual and the letter addressed to the individual requesting that information. I have personally spoken to at least half of the officers who have had to file a report about a police incident. They all seemed to be able to complete the process safely. And yet their reports are not all clearly marked or given as requested by the law. For example, an incident such as this should not be so easy to file. This is particularly true if there are many individuals involved, including those who are often homeless or on a long-term commitment. The officers who have submitted their reports often have to be extremely careful that details that could appear to come from the officer’s hand may be omitted from the documents or submitted later and thus inadvertently added to the story. However, an officer’s report should also not be as easy to read as a newspaper article, news program, or a website post-debate script. So many of us need to look at the reports individually. In general, we should not look at more than the few individuals and information required by law to be included. Even though the law requires that all citizens of the state file police reports, the DOJ does not specifically allow police to check personal and business records. Instead, agencies make an exception for criminal background checks. If an individual chooses to file a police report, he should be allowed full access to his attorney and an agent during that period. Likewise, all agencies should also have the right to make such exceptions for “non-criminal violations,” such as drug possession at the county or federal level. While the DOJ generally doesn’t give individual
In practice, the standard way to handle a police report may be to call in an officer who can verify the identity of the suspect. For the most part, these officers have no idea of the context or time-consuming way people would be led on and off the street, and thus avoid making the officer’s life difficult.
How to handle a police report? The Department of Justice’s guidance regarding filing a police report is a little different than the practice from what the media usually carries out, perhaps because of its less defined nature. However, the DOJ guidance allows for various use cases, both legal and administrative, to be filed with the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. Because it doesn’t provide more flexibility in handling a crime report (or, for that matter, a federal court judge, or the general public), the DOJ’s guidance does not cover the entire “common law” scenario; an arrest warrant that has no legal or other means of proving the identity of all the suspects. However, the department encourages officers, both under the statute and in court records, to be involved in all types of reports to ensure they are going in order to make sure no one will be left in poor mental and physical condition. In one case I reviewed, an officer was given a handwritten identification card that contained the police ID. While the officer worked in place of the individual to provide the officer more information, the officer then made a hand gesture to indicate the contact of the individual and the letter addressed to the individual requesting that information. I have personally spoken to at least half of the officers who have had to file a report about a police incident. They all seemed to be able to complete the process safely. And yet their reports are not all clearly marked or given as requested by the law. For example, an incident such as this should not be so easy to file. This is particularly true if there are many individuals involved, including those who are often homeless or on a long-term commitment. The officers who have submitted their reports often have to be extremely careful that details that could appear to come from the officer’s hand may be omitted from the documents or submitted later and thus inadvertently added to the story. However, an officer’s report should also not be as easy to read as a newspaper article, news program, or a website post-debate script. So many of us need to look at the reports individually. In general, we should not look at more than the few individuals and information required by law to be included. Even though the law requires that all citizens of the state file police reports, the DOJ does not specifically allow police to check personal and business records. Instead, agencies make an exception for criminal background checks. If an individual chooses to file a police report, he should be allowed full access to his attorney and an agent during that period. Likewise, all agencies should also have the right to make such exceptions for “non-criminal violations,” such as drug possession at the county or federal level. While the DOJ generally doesn’t give individual
The point of my paper will be to study the issue of racial profiling in an attempt to analyze its use as a tool for criminal justice rather than an issue that merely creates financial opportunities for lawyers. Is racial profiling a reasonable means of assessing a criminal case? Do the statistics hold water in determining anything at all?
Racial profiling does not only affect the victim from my point of view. How long has the CIA harassed Americans of Arabic descent since the fateful 9/11and then accidentally stumbled across a die-hard Alkaeda follower who has been full blooded American? Some of these people only got caught because they attempted some outrageous stunt or the other which would cause even their Arabic counterparts to take a step back and analyze. Does racial profiling blindside law enforcement agents and lead them on wild goose chases at times? Viewing the statistics, I believe so.
In recent years, there has been a growth in public concern over police decision-making practices during traffic enforcement. Catch phrases such as “racial profiling,” “driving while Black,” and “driving while brown” typify the publics concern that race and ethnicity have undue influence on police discretion. A study analyzed traffic stop data from a medium-sized mid-western community to better understand this facet of police behavior. Although the authors contend that “proving” racial profiling may be outside of current empirical capabilities, useful insights can still be obtained by examining broader aspects of traffic enforcement behaviors. The analysis indicated that race was powerful in shaping police decision-making patterns, but so were gender, age, and situational considerations (Schafer, J. A. Carter, D. L.; Katz-Bannister, A. J. Decision making in traffic stop encounters: A multivariate analysis of police behavior Police Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 184-209, 2006)
It has been argued by many police departments upon questioning that even though race plays a major part either subliminally or boldly, so does age gender, size and other physical factors, however, it is important to note that gender, size and age are all subsets under the general race of a person and so if race is being considered, a large population is being discriminated against.
Data was collected by the Maryland State Police (MSP) between 1995 and 1997 and consisted of 1,914 searches where motorists gave consent. Overall, the analyses suggest that race may be an effective tool in identifying serious drug offenders. In particular, a racial profile for identifying those in possession of large quantities of marijuana and cocaine may be effective. Nevertheless, it does not follow that such a profile is lawful or in the best interest of the public (Police Practice & Research: An International Journal, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 49-60, 2006)
Municipal police departments are given the authority to make their own rules of arrest and incarceration. These rules are merely treated as procedure and operations guidelines. According t the New York times, An Midwestern police department just lost a lawsuit brought against it by a citizen