Race

Race Despite the civil rights victories of 30 years ago, official racial prejudice is still reflected throughout the criminal justice system. For people of color in cities large and small across this nation, north and south, east and west, Jim Crow "justice" is alive and well. Today skin color makes you a suspect in America. It makes you more likely to be stopped, more likely to be searched, and more likely to be arrested and imprisoned. Tens of thousands of innocent motorists on highways across the country are victims of racial profiling. And these discriminatory police stops have reached epidemic proportions in recent years - fueled by the "War on Drugs" that has given police a pretext to target people who they think fit a "drug courier" or "gang member" profile. We must put an end to the practice of racial profiling. The issue of racial profiling in America is one of great importance to the future of American society. This issue fairly new, in terms of being recognized is old in its ways. One of the main examples of racial profiling is called DWB (Driving While Black). This is a term starting to show itself a lot in cases racial, law, profiling, officers, people, enforcement, police, said, been, minorities, because, drugs, black, drug, while, rights, one, department, civil, white, stopped, should, problem, media, committee, color, being, shall, even, driving, against, out, officer, customs, about, recent