What Is Racial Profiling?

Racial Profiling refers to the discriminatory practice, especially by law enforcement officials which targets individuals for suspicion of crime based on the individual's race, ethnicity, religion or national origin. Racial profiling has been and is still an issue today in almost every part of the United States. It is seen in different situations whereby people are treated very unfairly or branded criminals and suspects without any form of evidence.

The problem has been a serious issue in Baltimore whose Statistics in an ACLU lawsuit uncovered police data indicating that while 73 percent of suspects pulled over on I-95 be-tween 1995 and 1997 were black and were no more likely to actually have drugs or illegal weapons in their cars than white

Worse enough people are made suspects or denied their rights without any evidence suggesting that they don’t deserve what is right for them. Besides denial and unfair treatment, others have been victimized and the majority are in police custody, but very innocent in real life (Lorenzo Johnson, 2013). Take for example black males, they do suffer a great deal of victimization and are even the majority pulled over or stopped by police more often than whites. There all kinds of stories which suggest racial profiling is on the increase today and people have become very uncomfortable and worry so much especially when driving and notices police officers close, confusion sets in and one wonders what may happen to them next. Others have been gripped by fear because the victims are always portrayed as bad people so they lack trust from those around them, which in turn leads to poor social lives. It makes people like captives in their own country whereby they expect protection but are faced with insecurity instead. The situation is worse because the discrimination is portrayed by those we trust our lives with for protection. Racial profiling affects people of all ages, generation, sex, religion and even nationality. It affects those involved, their families and the community in general and at some point no one knows who to

Fourth, it provides funding for the law enforcement officers to receive thorough training on how to deal with issues related to racial profiling so they can best avoid them, fifth, it holds law enforcement agencies that are constantly linked to the practice of racial profiling accountable. Unfortunately most of these laws seem to have no meaning at all as innocent citizens continue to suffer all kinds of humiliation due to racial profiling. The laws seems more of just mere statements which are easily stated than effected and it’s like the funds are just wasted because as much as the officers get the training, the problem is still widely