Racial Profiling

William Alexander
Hagood

4-29-17
Introduction

Seton Hall Law School said in a 2016 report that 70 percent of all
police traffic stops in Bloomfield New Jersey were against black
and Latino drivers even though 60 percent of the residents were
white.
According to Bloomfield's police director, Samuel A DeMaio,
violations were 576 against Hispanics, 574 against blacks and 573
against whites from a recent period. Racial profiling is very
relevant today, it increases arrests of innocent people.
In the past and even today, innocent people have lost their lives due
to racial profiling.
Racial profiling can also be considered harassment if the suspect is
The Thesis

Racial profiling should not be prohibited as long as the

suspect fits the description
Racial profiling should not be used because racial profiling is
used to find suspects based on superficial characteristics
such as race, ethnicity or national origin, racial profiling
leads to unlawful [bigotry] arrests.
Citizens has lost their lives due to racial profiling.
Argument 1
Racial profiling should not be used because racial profiling is used to
find suspects based on superficial characteristics such as race,
ethnicity or national origin.
Argument 2
Racial profiling leads to unlawful [bigotry] arrests. Arrests due to racial
profiling are often inaccurate and miscalculated.
Argument 3
Citizens have lost their lives due to racial profiling.
Supporting Video
Personal Reflection

Racial profiling is still a major factor

in society today.
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