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    Racial Profiling Racial profiling has been a part of the United States justice system about as long as there has been a justice system. In 1944 the supreme court made the decision that racial profiling was not unjust or unconstitutional. They said it is okay to practice during times of great emergency. Since then there have been countless lawsuits towards the United States for unlawful searches based on ethnicity. Many of these searches involve innocent citezens who are treated unfairly.

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    com/dna-profiling.htm http://grow.cals.wisc.edu/health/how-dna-profiling-works http://www.paternitynet.com/?q=node/3 How DNA Typing (Profiling) has Freed Innocent People from Lives in Jail DNA is an all-around subject that has many different aspects. DNA Profiling‚ however‚ is one of our greatest discoveries. This discovery led us to know how to analyze‚ identify‚ and match DNA according to certain genes on the DNA. This Profiling has freed many convicted felons‚ because their DNA didn’t

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    ever racially profiled someone or been racially profiled? Racial profiling happens around us every day‚ yet we are unaware that it is not created solely by individuals or circumstance. All too often people misunderstand what true racial profiling is. It is not the act of disliking someone based on their race or ethnicity‚ it is much more than that. It is created by far greater powers but can also be demolished by them. Racial profiling happens to American citizens not just immigrants‚ is promoted by

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    racial profiling has been considers a major issue between enforcement and citizens in general. Racial profiling is the act of suspecting or targeting a person on the basis of an individual’s race‚ ethnicity‚ religion or national origin. Most often when people think about racial profiling‚ they think of police brutality‚ which is wrong. The idea of racial profiling should be acceptable as long as no one is being harmed and there is no racism involved. People are convinced that racial profiling is unfair

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    Racial Profiling: Useful or Harmful? When enforcers of the law go about their jobs they use many techniques to decrease their suspect pools‚ one of the most controversial techniques officers use is racial profiling. People believe racial profiling causes police distrust and at the same time encourages “fishing expeditions”. When should officers be allowed to use racial profiling‚ and when shouldn’t they? The most common use of racial profiling is in traffic stops‚ but this is one area racial profiling

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    Junyong Kim Professor Natalie Oliveri ENG 112 10/13/2010 Racial profiling Final draft “Should the U.S government use racial profiling in the war against terrorism?” In today’s society‚ the issue of terrorism is not just a concern for some countries such as America or some Arabic countries but for all countries‚ and it is becoming more important that protecting own country from terrorism. Everyone probably remember the September 11 terror‚ which is one of the biggest attacks in recent few

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    Racial profiling‚ defined as the targeting of individuals and groups by law enforcement officials‚ even partially‚ on the basis of race‚ ethnicity‚ national origin‚ or religion‚ except when there is trustworthy information‚ relevant to the locality and timeframe‚ that links persons belonging to one of the groups to an identified criminal incident or scheme. Law enforcement agencies are designed to protect the people. They are mandated to operate in a fair and ethical manner. Their primary function

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    Teo and judges. Today‚ i would like to talk about why racial profiling should be used by submitting a statistical case to prove that it should not be too quickly dismissed. Allow me to start with a question: “If a witness to a crime gave a policeman a description of a robber‚ the policeman would be doing a good job if he looked for suspects that matched the description. Why does the same not apply to other instances?” Racial profiling is based on reasoned assumptions that it is a certain group of

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    Angela Feria Mrs. Wright English 10 29 April 2014 Racial Profiling Racial profiling is a law enforcement and security agency practice that encourages officers to stop‚ search and investigate based on race‚ ethnicity‚ nationality or religion. It is also a very harsh thing that people do daily even after all the turmoil caused by it. Racial profiling is a worsening cause that some people oppose and support effecting people mentally and emotionally. Everyone in the world judges people because of

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    One of the many ways the problem manifests itself is the practice of racial profiling‚ which is “any arbitrary police-initiated action based on race‚ ethnicity‚ or natural origin rather than a person’s behavior.”1 In an attempt to fight the war on drugs‚ or‚ more recently‚ on terrorism‚ federal and local governments are searching for more effective policies‚ which can have unintended racial consequences. Racial profiling happens to be one of them. More specifically‚

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