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    It was the summer of 2013‚ and I was going to be a senior in high school‚ and like every other summer for the past 4 years‚ I spent the majority of my summer training for football. I didn’t hate it or else I would have quit the team and done something else with my life‚ but at the same time I felt as if we were given no break from football. It felt like it was an all year long sport. To me football didn’t just show me how to run the ball‚ how to catch a ball‚ and how to tackle. Football also gave

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    Many people believe that DNA profiling is not a credible source. Although 99.9 percent of human DNA is the same in everyone‚ the remaining 0.1 percent which consists of about 3 million base pairs of amino acids is unique to that individual (Ballaro and Walter). Without the help of scientists and their technology many criminals would get away with their crimes. Deoxyribonucleic acid‚ or DNA‚ is a component of every cell in the human body. DNA can be found in any organic source for example saliva

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    community. The judge told Brigance that he needs to not risk his job and family just because of that black man in custody. The state representative and the judge were working together to keep assert their white dominance over this black man. 7. Racial profiling: is defined as any law enforcement officials that affiliate themselves with race‚ ethnicity‚ or national origin to while arresting or working in a case. It is the act of suspecting or targeting certain group of people based on

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    offenders called offender profiling. Profiling has gained popularity in recent years due to popular movies and TV shows like Criminal Minds‚ but is profiling really effective in

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    Definitions Offender profiling is a method of identifying the perpetrator of a crime based on an analysis of the nature of the offense and the manner in which it was committed. Various aspects of the criminal’s personality makeup are determined from his or her choices before‚ during‚ and after the crime. This information is combined with other relevant details and physical evidence‚ and then compared with the characteristics of known personality types and mental abnormalities to develop a practical

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    have a different ethnic background are more likely to be shoplifters. I disagree with this argument because anyone can be a shoplifter. It shouldn’t matter what race they are. People would agree with white’s argument because in the article “ Racial Profiling- it works” by Anna Amberg‚ states “it’s a rational judgment‚ based on facts‚ that helps us make sense of our would.” (Amberg Paragraph 3) People think this way because they were brought up to think that all that people who don’t share the same

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    accurate factual summary. Internal Affairs should conduct all serious administrative investigations‚ including but not limited to officer-involved shootings‚ in-custody deaths‚ alleged constitutional violations‚ allegations of racial profiling or discriminatory policing or racial prejudice‚ dishonesty‚ drug use‚ sexual misconduct‚ cases handled for other jurisdictions‚ interagency cases‚ and cases referred directly by the agency head or command staff. Internal Affairs should also conduct all administrative

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    War on Terrorism and Racial Profiling There are many different definitions on what terrorism is‚ what a terrorist is‚ and why they do what they do. First off‚ terrorist are human beings with feelings and concerns even though they channel those emotions in a lethal way (Nance 8). They are organized and ready to attack at a moment’s notice (Nance 9). Terrorist use big or small acts of violence to put fear into people and win when they have your attention (Nance 9). Lastly‚ terrorist only fear one thing:

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    A Class Divided This is a video that tells a story on racial issues and stereotyping. In 1968 Martin Luther King was assassinated. A third grade teacher by the name of Jane Elliott noticed immediately that her children in the classroom‚ started to outwardly show their frustration. Ms. Elliott performed and recorded an exercise related to racial profiling. Approximately 13 years later‚ the third grade children were brought back together to watch the video again. This was to

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    beliefs about one group of people and assigns them to everyone in that group (The Quad News‚ 2010). We cheat ourselves from ever getting to know a person for who they are as an individual. At worst stereotyping can turn into such things as racial profiling and other discriminatory things. We have all been stereotyped

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