Police Profiling
During the Civil Rights movement, thousands of blacks were arrested and beaten by police. Toady we face the same problem, police departments gets more and more complaints from black citizens. In New York City in 1999 a street merchant was mistakenly shot to death because a cops thought he pulled out a gun. In New Jersey four college basketball players were heading for tryouts at a college, when stopped the driver couldn’t get the van into park the two officers opened fire. Luckily nobody was hurt. Racial Profiling is one of the most volatile civil rights issues in the U.S. and even the most successful African-Americans are not immune to it (Most 89). Recent research shows that crime is down, but it also shows that police target blacks more than whites. Racial subjects attract attention from Civil rights groups, Politics, and the locals. What do they know, were they there when the Cops shot the merchant or the college players? Minorities’ say they’re more worried about the cops than the crooks (Cannon&Morrow 35). Politics play the biggest roles take Rudy Giuliani for instance, mayor of New York City. He lashed out at those who criticized the cops calling the demonstrations silly, and saw his
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Approximate Word count = 1619
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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