Racial profiling is illegal and violates the United States Constitution’s right. Every individual has equal protection under the law to all and freedom from willful searches and capture. Just as importantly, racial profiling is ineffective, because it alienates communities from law enforcement, which hinders the community policing efforts to protect, and causes law enforcement to lose an enormous amount of credibility and trust among the people they are sworn in as their job duty to protect and serve. Communities rely on the law enforcement to protect us from harm with the intent to foster fairness and justice in our communities. Racial profiling has led to a large amount of people to live in fear, dismay and sometimes holding an entire community as target simply because of what they look like or the color of their skin, where they come from, or what religion they adhere to. Law enforcement often paint a picture of certain types of individuals who are more likely to commit hasty crimes. Many of these suspects are profiled because of activities observed by police officers. Many examples are if someone who is obviously poor or less fortunate is always seen in a wealthier neighborhood, such a person may be profiled as a thief or as someone with possible criminal
Racial profiling is illegal and violates the United States Constitution’s right. Every individual has equal protection under the law to all and freedom from willful searches and capture. Just as importantly, racial profiling is ineffective, because it alienates communities from law enforcement, which hinders the community policing efforts to protect, and causes law enforcement to lose an enormous amount of credibility and trust among the people they are sworn in as their job duty to protect and serve. Communities rely on the law enforcement to protect us from harm with the intent to foster fairness and justice in our communities. Racial profiling has led to a large amount of people to live in fear, dismay and sometimes holding an entire community as target simply because of what they look like or the color of their skin, where they come from, or what religion they adhere to. Law enforcement often paint a picture of certain types of individuals who are more likely to commit hasty crimes. Many of these suspects are profiled because of activities observed by police officers. Many examples are if someone who is obviously poor or less fortunate is always seen in a wealthier neighborhood, such a person may be profiled as a thief or as someone with possible criminal