The Importance Of Racial Profiling
Racial profiling refers to the discriminatory practice by law enforcement officials of targeting individuals for suspicion of crime based on the individual’s race, ethnicity, religion, or national origin. Racial profiling has been around since the 1900’s, and there are numerous states that still allow racial profiling to happen. Police officers should not racial profile African Americans. Racial profiling can lead to wrongful conviction. There are numerous cases where African American men were killed just because of the color of their skin “for the 15th year in a row, the results show the over policing of people of color and suggest a devastating and indefensible use of racial profiling throughout the state” (Mittman 2). For example, Michael
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Studies show that African Americans have the highest crime rates among any other race “racial profiling is something America needs in order to keep bad things from happening” (Nomani 2). They commit crimes like burglary, robbery, and sometimes even murder. For instance, 38.5 percent of people arrested for murder, manslaughter, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault were black. Also, many police officers think that racial profiling is something they need in order to catch a perpetrator “advocates of racial profiling contend that it is a necessary tool when conducting an investigation” (Kaenel 2). Of course, many people think that law enforcements are doing the right thing when they racial profile African …show more content…
Many people discriminate against African Americans because of the stereotypes about them “it is time that we, as a nation, ditch political correctness and choose pragmatism, recognizing that race, religion, and ethnicity can play an important role in criminality” (Nomani 1). Law enforcements need more training on how to deal with racial profiling. If they had more training, African Americans would trust law enforcements more “the commission determined that more training specifically as it relates to bias policing, would help reduce discrimination in the St. Louis region and increase trust between community and police” (Board 2). If that would to happen, police officers will know how to handle certain situations better that before. Even though African Americans have the highest crime rates, they are not bad people and will go out of their way to even help somebody in
Studies show that African Americans have the highest crime rates among any other race “racial profiling is something America needs in order to keep bad things from happening” (Nomani 2). They commit crimes like burglary, robbery, and sometimes even murder. For instance, 38.5 percent of people arrested for murder, manslaughter, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault were black. Also, many police officers think that racial profiling is something they need in order to catch a perpetrator “advocates of racial profiling contend that it is a necessary tool when conducting an investigation” (Kaenel 2). Of course, many people think that law enforcements are doing the right thing when they racial profile African …show more content…
Many people discriminate against African Americans because of the stereotypes about them “it is time that we, as a nation, ditch political correctness and choose pragmatism, recognizing that race, religion, and ethnicity can play an important role in criminality” (Nomani 1). Law enforcements need more training on how to deal with racial profiling. If they had more training, African Americans would trust law enforcements more “the commission determined that more training specifically as it relates to bias policing, would help reduce discrimination in the St. Louis region and increase trust between community and police” (Board 2). If that would to happen, police officers will know how to handle certain situations better that before. Even though African Americans have the highest crime rates, they are not bad people and will go out of their way to even help somebody in