Racial profiling is a violation of civil rights. Tomorrow, December 13th, Senator Russ Feingold (WI), and Congressman John Conyers (MI) will introduce The End Racial Profiling Act of 2007 (ERPA). If passed, the bill will create a federal prohibition against racial profiling; provide funding for the training of law enforcement officials on how to discontinue and prevent the use of racial profiling; and hold law enforcement officials and agencies that continue to use racial profiling accountable.
Call your senators and member of Congress today at (202) 224-3121 and urge them to co-sponsor the ERPA so that it may receive the broad support and swift passage it deserves.
BACKGROUND
Racial profiling—choosing who to pull over, detain, question, and/or search based on race, ethnicity and national origin—is not only discriminatory, it is also highly ineffectual and a waste of law enforcement’s time and resources. Nevertheless, several recent studies have shown that police and law enforcement routinely use racial profiling as a “tool” in law enforcement.
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Police should represent a safe haven in any community—not the threat that many people of color see them as. Racial profiling erodes the integrity of law enforcement and compromises every American’s right to equal treatment under the law. Communities of color must be protected from undue search, seizure and detainment.
Demand that this unlawful, wasteful, and discriminatory practice against communities of color become a priority—call your senators and representative and urge them to co-sponsor the End Racial Profiling Act of 2007.
For more information on Racial Profiling and ERPA please visit the ACLU, NAACP, ADC, or NCLR websites.
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