On July 16, 2009, around noon, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., a black Harvard professor, was on his way home from a trip to Harvard University and had called a limousine, the driver was black. When he returned home his key wasn 't working, and both he and the driver tried to force the door open. The police were called and Dr. Gates was arrested, the story made headlines nationwide and raised the question; does law enforcement racially profile people?(Staples) This is an example of racial profiling and how it is in law enforcement. Although there is discrimination in law enforcement, many cops are not racist and do not racially profile people. There is discrimination in law enforcement because of cops arresting and being more aggressive towards blacks than whites. However many people think that police are not prejudice and are just doing their job. When cops stop people for seeding or other reasons.
Law enforcement racially profile people when making traffic stops, people feel like the police target them because of their skin color and are more aggressive to them. On May 14, 2001, three young African American males were pulled over by the police. According to one of the passengers stepfather they were stopped because they were racially profiled, according to the officer it was a legitimate traffic stop due to failure to use a turn signal (Schott). According to the Richard G. Schott:
The highway traffic practices of New Jersey and Maryland State Police troopers have been called