Racial_Profiling

Racial Profiling Racial Profiling: “Its Time to Put an End to this Unjust Practice” It has happened to actors such as Wesley Snipes, Will Smith, Blair Underwood and LeVar Burton. It has happened to football player Marcus Allen, Olympic athletes Al Joyner and Edwin Moses, and it has happened to attorney Johnnie Cochran. Police officers stop, question and even search black drivers who have committed no crime, based on the excuse that a traffic offense has occurred. The term black Americans use for these stops are “Driving while Black” or DWB. Driving while black is a prime example of racial profiling. The issue of racial profiling in America is one of great importance to the future of American society, and regrettably, is not a new issue. For decades black Americans have complained about this practice. Law enforcement officials across our great nation deny that racial profiling occurs, but an over whelming majority of the black community believes that racial profiling is practiced on a daily basis. During the Civil Rights Era, racial profiling was a major issue, thousands of black Americans were unnecessarily stopped and arrested based on their skin color police, profiling, racial, black, stops, people, stopped, percent, law, drug, data, white, traffic, practice, officers, enforcement, officials, driving, country, car, based, accounts, while, state, race, over, minorities, issue, drugs, community, alone, wilkens, stop, statistics, should