Posts Tagged ‘Racial Profiling’
Show me your papers: America’s new war on Brown skin
The names change, but the logic remains. Explore how America’s history of surveillance connects to the new war on legalized profiling.
Read MoreBlack man who was executed in Texas 70 years ago is cleared in case marked by racial bias
Walker, who was a young father when he was tried, was exonerated 70 years after his execution, and his son attended the event.
Read More‘You get arrested and that’s it. They figure it out later’
After racial profiling lead to his arrest, Frederick Knight became involved with a charity that helps the formerly incarcerated rejoin society.
Read MoreDetroit woman suing police, claiming faulty facial recognition technology led to unjust arrest
In the latest case of racially-based false identifications, a Detroit woman believes that facial recognition played a role.
Read MoreSeattle to pay Black delivery driver after police held him at gunpoint
A delivery driver from Seattle has been awarded more than $300,000 after a traffic stop where cops illegally searched his car.
Read MoreTraffic stops by Denver police plunge nearly 50% after new policy prohibits low-level enforcement
Denver police Chief Ron Thomas has implemented changes to reduce traffic stops and the racial tension they can cause.
Read MoreTrump courts Black men as he pledges return to a policy that disproportionately targeted them
Donald Trump has expressed desire to increase a practice that involves violence against Black voters whom he wants to court.
Read MoreUN experts warn against racial discrimination in Italy law enforcement
A United Nations report revealed a pattern of racial profiling and abuses of authority by Italian police leading to racial disparities.
Read MoreMet officers investigated after black boy, 16, stopped six times in five months
The Metropolitan Police are accused of racial profiling after stopping on Black teenager multiple times in a short timeframe.
Read MoreBlack Patients More Likely to Be Restrained in the Emergency Room
Research shows the different–and more violent–treatment Black patients may face when seeking emergency medical assistance.
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