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Chicago Police Department’s Gang Database Raises Concerns

By Todd St Hill and Tyler Zimmer Public scrutiny of the Chicago Police Department’s so-called “gang database” is increasing with each passing day—and that’s exactly...

Funniest tweets, memes of Isaiah Washington saying Chris Rock should ‘adapt’ to racial profiling

Social media ripped into actor and activist Isaiah Washington, who came to fame via “Grey’s Anatomy,” when he foolishly suggested that Chris Rock “adapt” to…

Ferguson: Justice Department finds shocking and historic abuse of black citizens

The U.S. Department of Justice investigative review found the Ferguson Police Department engaged in rampant, racially biased enforcement that permeated the city’s justice system, including…

Holder: New policy will "help end racial profiling"

AP December 1, 2014, 9:40 PM Holder  Says New policy will "help end racial profiling" U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder gestures as he speaks to members of the...

This is How You Should Handle Yourself if You're a Victim of Police Misconduct

Police should never use "excessive" force said personal injury lawyer Antonio Romanucci of R&B Law. When that does happen, that individual has become a...

Barneys to Pay $525K in NY Shopper-Profiling Probe

NEW YORK (AP) -- Barneys has agreed to pay $525,000 to resolve allegations that minorities were singled out as suspected shoplifters at its flagship...

Rutgers University Professor Brittney Cooper Wants Less Police 'Encounters,' Not Friendlier Ones

The death of Eric Garner at the hands of the New York City Police Department, and additional videos that have surfaced showing police using...

Justice Dept. To Expand Profiling Definition

A person familiar with the issue of racial profiling says the Justice Department is likely to expand the definition of profiling to bar federal...

Standing While Black: Students Arrested Waiting For The Bus [VIDEO]

Three Black students waiting for a school bus in Rochester, New York were arrested after they refused police orders to “disperse,” reports Raw Story[1]. On Nov. 27., Raliek Redd, Wan’Tauhjs Weathers and Daequon Carelock were waiting for a bus, arranged by their coach Jacob Scott, to pick them up and take them to a scrimmage game. “We didn’t do nothing,” said Redd. “We was just trying to go to our scrimmage.” Despite their attempts to explain why they were standing there, police arrested them anyway. According to the police report, they were blocking “pedestrian traffic while standing on a public sidewalk…preventing free passage of citizens walking by and attempting to enter and exit a store…Your complainant gave several lawful clear and concise orders for the group to disperse and leave the area without compliance.,” reports WROC.com. ...

Joe Lhota Says Only Some Of Stop And Frisks Might Constitute Racial Profiling In NYC

Photo credit: The Huffington Post The controversial police tactic of stop and frisk isn't necessarily a form of racial profiling,...

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