The Effects Of Racial Profiling

Racial profiling by police officers has affected the lives of multiple minorities across the globe. The fourth amendment states that the people have the “right to be secures in their persons, house, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized” (Legal Information Institute). Numerous people have lost loved ones because police have thought of a suspect to be a huge threat because of their ethnicity. Therefore, they abuse their authority and take excessive measures when taking out the “threat”. As stated in a reading by Kindaka
Probable cause is “the legal standard by which a police officer has the right to make an arrest, conduct a personal or property search, or to obtain a warrant for arrest” (Legal Information Institute). Some police officers feel that just because someone is of different ethnic background they should not need to have a justifiable reason to pull them over or harass them. Because many officers feel this way many people like John Rawls stated that “each person has an inviolability based on justice and even the welfare of society cannot supersede it” (Racism, African Americans, and Social Justice). These feelings along with many more on this argumentative topic was recorded in the book Racism, African Americans, and Social Justice written by Rudolph Alexander, Jr., the Associates Professor of Social Work at Ohio State University. The professor's intentions for this book is to let his readers have a sort of insight on the struggles that minorities have faced throughout their
Psychological distress is the emotions that impact you functioning. In an article called Racism and Police Brutality in America, it stated that “racism and discrimination heightens the psychological distress experienced by blacks as well as their decreased mortality in the USA” (Chaney & Robertson). The article went on to say that “since the time that [minorities] were forcibly brought to America, they have been the victims of racist and discriminatory practices that have been spurred and/or substantiated by those who create and enforce the law” (Chaney & Robertson). With this being said it is evident that the police brutality that is enforced upon minorities has been a problem in the world. Unlike the amount of force that was attempted back then, the police has become more insertive in making sure that their point is not only heard but also felt. As stated in an article by Kindaka Sanders, “Historically, the police have enforced white supremacy through fear, intimidation, physical attack, and incapacitation” (Sanders). These fears that are sought out by the police, are leaving minorities with no other choice but to retaliate in hopes of protecting and reassuring their