Comedians Sue Atlanta Police for Racial Profiling Over Airport Searches
The lawsuit contends that after passengers are screened at federally mandated security checkpoints, Clayton County police search them again before they can board their flight.
The lawsuit contends that after passengers are screened at federally mandated security checkpoints, Clayton County police search them again before they can board their flight.
It's virtually the only area of law enforcement where racial discrimination is officially permitted by policy. And it's both wrong and illegal.
A new directive could impose a hefty financial burden on state taxpayers and reduce community trust toward police.
Knox County's program authorizing such enforcement activities may have been instituted illegally.
The report from the attorney general's office also found that Aurora paramedics used ketamine illegally to treat "excited delirium."
Whatever happens, much will remain to be done to curb police abuse. But there is still no justification for rioting.
Ellis' story is a vivid illustration of the principle that justice delayed is justice denied.
Why racial profiling is an important problem, why it's so difficult to address, and what can nonetheless be done about it.
The upheaval over police abuses has damaged America's image in the world, especially coming on the heels of other blows to American "soft power." We can and should do better.
Much can and must be done to curb police brutality. The task is difficult, but far from hopeless. But riots and looting are both wrong in themselves, and likely to have counterproductive results.
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Patrick Beadle was convicted on a drug trafficking charge, even though there's very little evidence he was a dealer.
Conservative support for racial profiling is deeply problematic. But the e-mail leaked by Sen. Cory Booker actually shows Brett Kavanaugh advocating "race-neutral" post-9/11 security policies.
Booker's totally not running for president or anything.
The Santa Monica Police Department defended their aggressive response after a neighbor called police on the Mission Impossible actor.
A boy delivering newspapers with his mom and brother aroused the suspicion of a local resident, even though he hadn't done anything wrong.
An overlooked alternative: no enforcement
Members of the South Korean pop group "Oh My Girl" fall victim to U.S. sex-trafficking hysteria.
He wants Muslim foreigners to be required to register with Uncle Sam
Civil forfeiture tactics are increasingly making the news.
Training materials also suggest that imitating the speech patterns of other races or ethnicities may "appear disingenuous and possibly racist."