Fraternal Order Of Police Analysis

One day after school Damian was walking back to his dad’s house from the store. On his way he got bored, so he put his headphones in to listen to music. Damian was not aware of the neighborhood watch program, so when a random Latino male approached him as he was walking home it frightened him. The Latino male called the police because he said that Damian looked suspicious, and the police told him not to approach Damian. He did not listen and he went up to Damian anyway. Damian tried to fight off the man, but during the struggle, he was shot and killed. Riots followed this incident because the citizens argued that authority figures target minorities based solely on their race. They felt that this is why Damian was targeted. The citizens also
Frank Gale, the national second vice president of the Fraternal Order of Police, discusses the End Racial Profiling Act, or ERPA, in “The End Racial Profiling Act is Highly Flawed and Should not be Passed.” He says that assuming police are racist is wrong, and he believes that ERPA does this (Gale par. 1). The article “Stop and Frisk” discusses how the police may target minorities using a stop and frisk tactic. The police are allowed to stop and pat down anyone they conceive to be suspicious. The supporters of the police tell that this practice has taken thousands of illegal guns off the street, therefore preventing murders (“Stop” par. 37). The homicide rate hit an all-time low in 2012 when this practice was popular (“Stop” par. 5). This shows that the police practices do have a purpose, and they are not simply targeting minorities based on their race. The supporters believe that police do not use excessive force against minorities or target them because of their race, but the opponents
“When race, ethnicity, or national origin is the sole basis to stop and detain someone, it violates constitution against unreasonable search and seizure (Fourth Amendment) and selective enforcement of the law (Fourteenth Amendment)” Pampel says, giving a specific definition to racial profiling (Pampel 62). He also says that minorities are targeted because they fit a “statistical profile” (Pampel 3). One situation that shows excessive force against minorities’ occurred at Arizona State University. “Racial Profiling: Balancing Safety with Citizens Rights” explains how Dr. Ore, a female, African American professor, was body slammed by a police officer for jaywalking (Jones par. 1). After this she was sentenced to nine months’ probation for resisting arrest while the officer received nothing for using excessive force against her (Jones par. 14). The opponents’ claims of excessive force against minorities by police seem to be supported often, but the extensive false reports makes it hard to know whether or not it actually