Racial Profiling Speech

Today we will be discussing racial profiling and the affects that is has in the media and the community. What is racial profiling? Racial profiling is the act of suspecting or targeting a person of a certain race based on a stereotype about their race. According to Minnesota House of Representatives analyst Jim Cleary, "there appear to be at least two clearly distinguishable definitions of the term 'racial profiling': a narrow definition and a broad definition... Under the narrow definition, racial profiling occurs when a police officer stops, questions, arrests, and/or searches someone solely on the basis of the person's race or ethnicity... Under the broader definition, racial profiling occurs whenever police routinely use race as a factor
Racial profiling policies set up law enforcement agencies as enemies of entire communities. That tends to be disproportionately affected by crime--when law enforcement agencies should be in the business of protecting crime victims and helping them find justice. Its seems like nowadays there are more killings that seem to be racially profiled for example, Travonne Martin, Eric Garner and Mike Brown just to name a few. Not only is racial profiling morally wrong but it is also a violation of the fourteenth amendment. Supporters of racial profiling argue that this practice is necessary because it cuts down on crime. If certain people are more likely to commit certain kinds of crimes, it makes sense to target them, they say. But racial profiling opponents cite research they say proves the practice is ineffective. For example, since the dawn of the war on drugs in the 1980s, law enforcement agents have disproportionately targeted black and Latino drivers for narcotics. But a number of studies on traffic stops found that white drivers were more likely than their African American and Hispanic counterparts to have drugs on