Racial profiling is, without a doubt, one of the most controversial issues to emerge in recent years. The murder of Trayvon Martin is easily the first issue that comes to mind. Then there was a subtle but poignant Internet campaign against New York's Stop-and-Frisk system, forcing officers to stir up trouble and make random charges for the sake of their jobs. And even more recently, the young man who purchased an item at a high profile store and was immediately questioned and arrested by police without any real evidence of crime; keep in mind that these examples only concern African Americans and that there have been many more similar cases, especially with the Hispanic community. But is there any possible reason why this blatant racism continues? First of all we need to look at the reasons. Why would people want to racially profile? As I was saying with New York's Stop-and-Go system, officers have to take such drastic measures to A. keep their jobs and B. drive up the NYPD's arrest rate so that they seem productive. Of course, this gives everyone big raises and lots of recognition and rewards, but ultimately, more breeds suffer. And now some people are honestly convinced that the stop-and-go system works thanks to these technically false numbers. New York's new mayor now wants to reform the policy and include even MORE checks on racial profiling than before, and that's all because he makes the NYPD look really good. But now that a good number of people know about it, people think that the NYPD is even more corrupt and broken than it was in previous years. In the end it wasn't worth it. Not even a little. One step forward and two steps back. So far, our tests have pointed… to the middle of the paper… they have asked numerous questions about children, such as “How old do *AGE*-years *RACE* children need protection?” or “How much of a danger do *AGE*-year olds *RACE* children pose to themselves?” As expected, most said Black children were less innocent than White children zero to ten years old, but that's when a noticeable change is seen. Black children are perceived as innocent one step below whites and other children after that (for example, black children aged 10-13 are considered as innocent as a toddler). non-black 14-17 year olds), which may imply some unintended consequences for black children who are prosecuted in the future. What do we do when prospective judges and lawyers of the future use their biases, intentional or unintentional, against their peers darker skinned? The answer worries me as much as it should hopefully worry you.
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