Racial Profiling by Police
from Matt Howes, National Internet Organizer, ACLU

Hundreds of thousands of people have been stopped by police simply because of their color, religion or national origin.

Stopping or interrogating someone simply based on the color of their skin, religion or ethnicity not only violates the 14th Amendment, it also detracts law enforcement resources from the detection of real threats. It furthermore builds a wall of distrust between minority communities and police departments.

New legislation soon to be introduced in Congress would address this practice and ensure people are not unlawfully singled out because of their skin color, religion or ethnicity.

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