A man named George Holiday, standing near the sight videotaped the incident. Several months later, the police officers were cleared of criminal charges in this case. Racially bias policing exist almost everywhere in this country. America, the land of the free, home of the brave. In this nation people assume that they have equal rights, but do they? The declaration states that all men are created equal, but are they? Following the King incident new awareness had been raised. What predisposed issues were there that caused them to stop King at the particular time?
There Is not much difference between “racial profiling” and “racially biased policing”. Racial profiling refers to and Is frequently defined as law enforcement stateless (e. G. , detentions, arrests, searches) that are Initiated solely based on race, and was Limited to activities In context only of vehicle stops. That in turn ignored the potential abuse of power in the many other activities in which there could possibly be misconduct. Racially biased policing is when an officer uses more than a single factor when conducting biased law enforcement.
For example, an officer might make a decision based on the neighborhood and the race of the person, the age of the car and or type of car and he race of the person, or the gender and the race of the person. Activities based on these sample pairs of factors would fall outside the most commonly used definition of racial profiling. Racially bias police come In many deferent categories. Some racially blabs police could be bias against a black man who has a white wife, with a great career a nice car. Another officer could be blabs against a person who has an expensive car, and Is very Intelligent.
When a situation occurs and a person Is arrested, we would like to think that that person broke the law, but that is not always the case. Maybe, could it possibly be that the arresting officer had a bad experience with a Hispanic waitress in the restaurant and decided the he was going to illegally put drugs on every Hispanic person they seen and arrest them. There are no sure ways to know exactly why some police are racially biased. Another situation, an officer might believe that they can correctly predict a person whom will commit a crime.
The officer may even be an experienced officer and know the area and the profile of the offenders in the area. Giving that the officer may feel that he is being an efficient officer approaching every-black man with a white girl. In this situation, the officer would more than likely feel that he was Justified In being a racially biased officer. When an officer detains citizens of America based only on hunch or having a bad experience with a particular group or gender that officer has violated that colleens constitutional rights. The fourteenth amendment states all persons born or of the United States wherein they reside.
In addition, it says the State shall not deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its Jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. The fourth amendment of the U. S. Institution implies that an investigative detention, traffic stops, arrests searches, and property seizures by officers will be based on a standard of reasonable suspicion or probable cause. Although many officers “racially bias police”, the Supreme Court’s has ruled Judgment-letting officers know that it is not acceptable. In the case U.
S. V. Bringing, a Fourth Amendment case regarding a vehicle stop near a border, the Supreme Court held that police could not stop motorists based solely on their race or ethnicity, appearance, even if the officers are investigating illegal aliens. On the other hand, the court system gives those “racially as police” the gas they need to keep the fire lit. As in the case of The Arthur Magnified case, an African American was riding his motorcycle on the streets of Miami, Florida. The police officers gave chase and eventually Joined by more than a dozen Miami patrol cars.
Following a brief pursuit that allegedly reached speeds over one hundred miles per hour. Magnified stopped his motorcycle. Officers converged on the scene, and at last, six officers Jumped Magnified. In a matter of minutes, Magnified lay motionless on the ground with his head split open. He died four days later because of police-inflicted injuries. Because of inconsistencies uncovered by a departmental investigation, the officers were indicted for manslaughter and tried in Tampa. An all- white Jury was selected to hear the charges; in May of 1980, the Jury acquitted all of the officers.
No one has identified any simple solutions to the problems that have existed for many years. This problem is very complex and needs more research to fix. “Racially bias policing” has stemmed for hundreds of years, of the minority being degraded and not having a true opportunity to advance in their lives. In some police agencies they have implemented now training policies to train there officers not to cake stops based on the person race and what kind of car they drive, but rather what illegal facts did the driver violate. In addition, in many police car they have video recorder, to record the police action.
This is for the protection of the officers, but mainly this is more for the protection of the citizen who can become a victim of that officer. In recently years, more minority officer has been hire to create a more diverse police force. This diversity could be part of the solutions or part of the problems. In the past, some black officers treat black people worse than white officer. Many times people who say that the black officer is trying to make himself look good in front of his co-worker. In this situation, harsher laws should exist especially for this case.
This could possibly be a part of the solution, because in general be feel more at ease around there own race. In addition, if the officers are guilty of racially biased policing the federal laws should be harsher to prevent this behavior. As well, the hiring process needs to be more based on the values and the morals of the applicant for the position. In this hiring process, there should be several test done to determine if that potential officer is racist, if so that person then taken or of the entire hiring process. In conclusion, I feel that this problem requires the examination of individuals from all races and beliefs to eliminate it.
Given the entirely different situation I feel that the federal courts are also allowing this problem to cultivate. In follow citizen with the full respect and equality. It’s sad to say that the world we live in is still this way. People Judge people based on their looks every day. Me being Hispanic I get it all the time, whether it be Jokes about citizenship or stereotyping about certain Jobs. Growing up I developed a thick skin and comments like that no longer bother me, but there was a time when they did. For example I live in Eucharist which is a small town south of Tucson.
There is a golf course that I play called ROI Rice which is 40 miles south of Tucson and only 15 miles north of the Border. So coming back from the course they have a checkpoint and every time I feel like I get asked more questions than the average person because of my skin color. We hear stories in the news all the time about murders involving race. The Tradition Martin shooting being one of the latest and we all know how that turned out. No matter here you go in this world you will always run into people who are “old school” and haven’t accepted the changes of the world in regards to racism.
It will always be a problem because you can’t force people to change their beliefs. Rodney King was the first time it was actually brought to the attention of the world or at least that I can recall. It surely wasn’t the last nor will the case of Tyranny Martin. Muff can’t fix stupid” and because you can’t people will continue to be set in their ways or the ways they were brought up. I don’t expect things to change so therefore I prepare myself for the things I may run into on a day to day basis.
As a Mexican/American I am aware that people will often refer to me as an illegal alien, or illegal immigrant or whatever other names they might come up with, but because of their stupidity I can’t get mad or let it affect me. People think all Mexicans are illegal and all African Americans are thieves or criminals, instant Judgment, without giving the person a chance. It’s sad. So sad that we resort to Joking about it Just to lighten up the situation. It’s no Joke and it needs to be addressed. Will it be? We shall see, but from what history has shown us though it’s gotten better it still hasn’t stopped and I don’t think it ever will.
