Racial Profiling In the world we live in now every person is different in their own special type of way. From culture, ethnicity, race, religion, personality, styles, interest, appearance and more. Growing up it is important for one to understand the differences of other people and show a level of respect for them. Racial Profiling is a very sensitive topic every individual can relate to. It is known as the inclusion of racial or ethnic characteristics in determining whether an individual is considered likely to commit a particular type of crime or illegal act. Is Racial profiling affecting the community near you? If so, is this a problem that can be stopped? There is an increase of racially targeted cases from police officers. In between the years of 1999 and 2013 there was eleven racist police murders with no justice served. Amadou Diallo , Four NYPD officers notoriously rained 41 bullets down onto Diallo in the Bronx, killing the unarmed Guinean immigrant as he tried to enter his apartment building. Patrick Dorismond, in Manhattan with a friend when an undercover cop approached and …show more content…
Racial profiling can be deemed reasonable when it is determined that a certain group of people are more likely to have the same ideology. And profiling can save money when law enforcement is looking for a specific criminal. Some cons are that racial profiling is racist. Although racial profiling can help narrow down a suspect pool it will also target a particular group that contains people that have committed no crime at all. And In areas where racial profiling is most prevalent by law enforcement animosities tend to run high which results in those most likely to be profiled against won’t cooperate with law enforcement when necessary even if they have not committed any