Practice of racial profiling

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The practice of racial profiling (and its effects)

See this article prepared for the ACLU which reports on stop and arrest data collected from the L.A.P.D during 2003 - 2004: A Study of Racially Disparate Outcomes in the LAPD. The authors found that minorities are stopped, frisked, and arrested at higher rates than their white counterpart

Help with discussion:

• What evidence have you uncovered that either supports of refutes the article provided?

• How might law enforcement interpret theses results? (find out by asking a law enforcement officer!)

• Are there any circumstances under which racial profiling is an acceptable practice?

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