Argument Against Racial Profiling

Ali 1

Hafsa Ali
Mr. Chris Polley
Senior Composition, 5th hr.
9 December 14
Ethnic Portrayal
In the past couple of years many teens and young adults especially those who are generally black have been killed. In 2012 Trayvon Martin an unarmed 17 year old who had a recently before purchased a bag of candy and juice was shot by the neighborhood watchman
George Zimmerman. Michael Brown a high school graduate was fatally shot more than 6 times by police officer Darren William. Darren Williams's claim was that he was attacked. If he was attacked where are the bruises and serious damage to his body? The kid was taller and more built, Micael could have easily punched the officer one time and that one time could have sent the officer flying. Tamir was a 12 year old boy who was shot in a span of 1 ½ to 2 seconds by a
A pellet gun is not harmful and can be purchased for 20 dollars. All of these are different stories of how young black guys were shot and killed, but yet all tie up into one big thing. They were treated unfairly and racial profiling was probably used.
Racial profiling is a main problem in Minnesota because it contravenes the 14th amendment, distracts law enforcement, and it prevents communities from working with the law enforcement. This problem could be resolved if the police force can recruit better police officers who are well taught about racial identity.

Ali 2

My first reason on why racial profiling is a main problem in Minnesota is that it contravenes the 14th amendment. The 14th amendment was ratified in
July 9, 1868
, and it states that no state may "deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
Racial profiling means a standard of unequal protection. Blacks and even Latinos are most likely to be searched by police officers and are less likely to be treated as law­abiding citizens, but this is opposite for the whites. Blacks are treated unfairly for no apparent reason. This is unfair for
Blacks and Latinos because this problem causes internal segregation between them and
If a specific race is arrested constantly, then communities may not work with police officers. Why should they work with police officers if even the police officers themselves are the one who are judging them? An example of this is the incident that happened in North Minneapolis last month. A young black resident of North Minneapolis was out and about in his community and was knocking on doors to encourage his fellow neighbors to vote for this year’s election. The young black man did this because he didn’t have the opportunity to vote because of his past criminal activities, but the young black man was changing for the better. Mayor Hodges and the young black man took a selfie together of them pointing at each other. A TV report misguided the information and blurred the black man’s face and t­shirt he was wearing. The police officers were angry at
Hodges because apparently she was “flashing” a North gang sign. This shows that the police officers and the TV reporters were racial profiling because they were racist. They jumped into conclusions and didn’t see what good the young black man was doing for his