Assignment:
The practice of racial profiling
See this article prepared for the ACLU which reports on stop and arrest data collected from the L.A.P.D during 2003 - 2004: A Study of Racially Disparate Outcomes in the LAPD. The authors found that minorities are stopped, frisked, and arrested at higher rates than their white counterpart
Help with discussion:
•What evidence have you uncovered that either supports of refutes the article provided?
•How might law enforcement interpret theses results? (find out by asking a law enforcement officer!)
•Are there any circumstances under which racial profiling is an acceptable practice?