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    The Classical Argument Final Draft Breauna Nooks September17‚ 2012 Racial Profiling and the Arizona Immigration Law The Arizona Immigration Law is a form of racial profiling‚ and it is wrong for the following three reasons 1) it is racists‚ 2) it is unconstitutional‚ and 3) it is regressive in today’s modern society. Supporters have taken the position that the Arizona Immigration Law should be welcomed in our society since similar legislation has been accepted in Utah‚ Alabama‚ Georgia‚ Indiana

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    by two police officers for no reason and left in a barren filed outside of the city‚ two of them‚ Rodney Naistus and Lawrence Wegner did not make it. ‚ As far as I am concerned‚ this case was an epitome of racial profiling against Aboriginal group in Canadian justice system. The racial profiling against aboriginal people existed in justice system for a long time and is hard to get rid of for many reasons. For the historical reason‚ First nation people seldom get involved in the white-dominated

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    The majority of society believes that racial profiling does not exist‚ yet it does. Racial profiling creates the psychological assumption that all minorities will most likely engage in criminal activity‚ whether it is intentional or unintentional. This form of criminal action is illegal and is a transparent form of racism. Racial profiling is a severe problem in today’s society‚ whether it is in the U.S or in other countries. This sort of action is not based on one category. It can be based on race

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    Can you imagine going somewhere and feeling like everybody is staring at you or talking about you because you are somewhat different from everyone else. Being different doesn’t mean you are not part of the world and doesn’t make it okay to get singled out and targeted on because of being different. Every race at one point‚ has experienced discrimination. As children growing up‚ we are taught to not judge a book by its cover but that’s easier said than done. Making judgements about something without

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    Amadou Diallo A Case of Racial Profiling On the night of February 4th 1999 something shocked the world and nothing would be the same. Amadou Diallo‚ an unarmed and innocent African immigrant was shot to death. 41 bullets hailed upon the poor man by police officers. Right outside of his home New York Police Departments Crime Unit killed him. Half of the police officers said to put his hands up and the other half said to show ID. Not knowing what to do Amadou decided to take out his wallet. The

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    African Americans and Latino Americans have always been presumed as criminals or bad guys to police officers. This is due to how rap artists portray minorities in urban neighborhoods and how society itself looks at them. They are often suspects of racial profiling while shopping. For example‚ an African American college student was stopped in New York City by two white police officers after they suspected him from stealing from a Barneys store. Barneys is a well-known expensive department store. The police

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    been construed by many as racial profiling‚ because they focus on Muslims of Arab and South Asian origin; however‚ male African Americans have experienced this racial profiling for decades. Defining racial profiling and discussing its impact on America will show that even in the smallest of towns this is a common practice that is just not going away. We will be discussing racial profiling and the African American male; however‚ let’s begin with explaining that racial profiling is not limited to one race

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    against unreasonable searches and seizures shall no be violated and no warrants shall issue‚ but upon reasonable cause supported by Oath or affirmation and particularly describing the place to be searched and the persons or things to be seized. Protection from unreasonable searches and seizures requires police‚ if they have time to obtain a valid search warrant‚ issued by a magistrate after the police indicate under oath that they have probable cause to justify its issuance. Magistrates must perform

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    Racial Profiling‚ Police brutality‚ and African American people being judged because our skin color‚ also because the way we talk‚ and dress. There has been too many cases where white cops has beaten an African American man for thinking they were up to something‚ not knowing. There has been way too many times that a black man has been stereotyped because they are dressed a different way or their hair was styled a certain way. Too many year African American people has been discriminated upon. Too

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    Racial profiling within law enforcement has been around for such a long time‚ leading many to wonder why it has persisted. Part of the reason is that there has been a lack of action by Congress surrounding this issue. Early in 2001‚ the End Racial Profiling Act was introduced to Congress‚ which stated “no law enforcement agent or law enforcement agency shall engage in racial profiling.” (The Leadership Conference‚ 2011) It failed after the September 11th terrorist attacks in the United States‚ due

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