Want To Report Airport Racial Profiling? There’s an App for That

by Julianne Hing on April 30 2012, 3:03PM

FlyRights was released by the Sikh Coalition to help community members document, and end, religious and ethnic profiling at the airport.

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Study: Racial Make-Up of Jury Pool Impacts Trial Outcome‎

by Jorge Rivas on April 18 2012, 10:11AM

A Duke University-led study shows juries formed from all-white jury pools in Florida convicted black defendants 16 percent more often than white defendants.

Topics: Criminal Justice, /NOW Blog

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Trayvon Martin, Alabama’s Immigration Law Highlighted at Racial Profiling Senate Panel

by Jorge Rivas on April 17 2012, 5:24PM

Several members of Congress and civil rights leaders presented at the Senate hearing on racial profiling Tuesday to discuss how blacks, Latinos and Muslims have been unfairly targeted in their states.

Topics: Criminal Justice, /NOW Blog

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Obama Promises Immigration Reform in First Year of Second Term

by Jorge Rivas on April 16 2012, 10:40AM

Obama told Univision he would like to do immigration this year, but Republican opposition is too intense.

Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog

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U.S. Says Sorry for Holding Up ‘King of Bollywood’ at NY Airport

by Jorge Rivas on April 13 2012, 1:41PM

Khan’s incident might be gaining international attention because he is a celebrity, but the truth is that ordinary American citizens and immigrants here in the United States grapple with racial and religious profiling routinely at airports.

Topics: Immigration, National Security, /NOW Blog

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Black Masculinity, Personal Loss and the Tragedy of Trayvon Martin

by Akiba Solomon on March 29 2012, 9:36AM

It is sad how this country continues to sweat black men. And in the past month, the one thing I can’t shake is a deep fear and dread for the black men in my own life.

Topics: Akiba Solomon, Trayvon Martin

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For the First Time Ever, LAPD Probe Finds Officer Guilty of Racial Profiling

by Jorge Rivas on March 27 2012, 11:47AM

A white Los Angeles Police Department officer stopped Latino drivers because of their ethnicity, an internal Los Angeles Police Department investigation has found.

Topics: Criminal Justice, /NOW Blog

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You Got a Problem? Well, Now You Do

by Kai Wright on March 27 2012, 10:11AM

Trayvon Martin was just 17, and maybe he hadn’t yet put together his strategy for dealing with life as the object of America’s nightmares. So he improvised and got killed. But he had it coming; he was born black and male in the U.S.

Topics: Criminal Justice, Kai Wright, Trayvon Martin

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Tumblr for Juan: Muslims Wear the Season’s Hottest New Looks, Too

by Jorge Rivas on October 26 2010, 4:44PM

Here’s hoping haters have Tumblr accounts.

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Latino Teens in Study: We’re Optimistic, But Sick of Being Profiled

by Julianne Hing on October 22 2010, 12:26PM

New report finds frustration with rampant bias among Latino teens.

Topics: Schools & Youth

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No Hate Crime Charges for Seattle PD’s Beating Caught On Camera

by Julianne Hing on September 3 2010, 5:21PM

The prosecuting attorney apparently doesn’t think racial profiling precipitates hate crimes.

Topics: Criminal Justice

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NYPD Declines Hometown Meeting on Racial Profiling

by Naima Ramos-Chapman on August 25 2010, 5:09PM

Meanwhile, department’s nationwide take a step toward progressive change.

Topics: Criminal Justice

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Update: The NYPD Just Won’t Stop On Frisking

by Naima Ramos-Chapman on August 12 2010, 1:00PM

88 percent of those stopped were black and Latino, according to department data.

Topics: Criminal Justice

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Reader “Migzilla” Gets Back to Basics on Racial Profiling

by Kai Wright on August 2 2010, 4:36PM

It’s too easy to skip past core values and into ideological and legalistic debates.

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Voices from Brooklyn: Racial Profiling’s Part of Everyday Life Here

by Naima Ramos-Chapman on August 2 2010, 1:00PM

It’s not just Arizona. ColorLines speaks with young black men in Brownsville, Brooklyn, about living with NYPD’s profiling policy.

Topics: Criminal Justice

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Profiling’s Still the Routine for Brooklyn’s Black Men

by Kai Wright on July 12 2010, 3:14PM

NYT investigation finds 52,000 stop-and-frisks in four years in one neighborhood.

Topics: Criminal Justice, Kai Wright

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Rhode Island Introduces SB 1070 Copycat Legislation

by Seth Freed Wessler on May 19 2010, 3:29PM

A Rhode Island state lawmaker introduced legislation yesterday that closely resembles Arizona’s SB 1070, the law that criminalizes the presence of undocumented immigrants and essentially requires racial profiling. The Rhode Island bill, H 8142, was introduced by Rep. Peter Palumbo,…

Topics: Immigration

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Seattle Cop: ‘I’ll Beat the F—-ing Mexican Piss Out of You Homey’

by Kai Wright on May 10 2010, 2:16PM

A freelance photographer’s video of Seattle police kicking a suspect in the head while hurling racial slurs surfaced last week, and is quickly drawing national attention. The video, shot on April 17, is certainly shocking. A group of officers from…

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Gov. Brewer: Immigrants as Drug Trafficking Thugs

by Kai Wright on May 10 2010, 12:02PM

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer’s going all-in on making her name synonymous with SB 1070. This weekend, she shot back at President Obama’s opposition to the law with a new campaign ad. The ad’s a pretty bleak affair. It first rattles…

Topics: Immigration

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Start a Conversation That Says No to Racial Profiling

by Terry Keleher on March 1 2010, 11:11AM

RaceWire’s parent company, the Applied Research Center, partnered with the Rights Working Group in the production of the video above. In the aftermath of 9/11, the Rights Working Group (RWG) works to restore the “American commitment to protect civil…

Topics: Criminal Justice

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