Racial Profiling by Police Is Ineffective and Reduces Public Safety

Racial Profiling is law enforcement and private security practices that disproportionately target people of color for investigation and enforcement. Racial Profiling occurs across the United States and an overwhelming number of Hispanics and African Americans, including children, are being stopped. Some may say “racial profiling is an ineffective and degrading practice that violates civil rights” while others say that it is “necessary to counter terrorism and reduce crime.” In my opinion, stop and frisk is unfair and against citizens constitutional rights therefore, making it illegal and horrible, but I do believe it’s a tactic taken by police to ensure no crimes are happening and it is also an effective way to counter terrorism. Everyone is created equally and should be treated equally. I believe Police should not stop someone based upon their race unless, suspicious behavior occurs.

Racial Profiling or stop and frisking highly occur in the state of New York. The New York City’s Police Department stop and frisk practices raise serious concerns over racial profiling, privacy rights, and illegal stops. The police are stopping hundreds of thousands of law abiding New Yorkers every year, and the vast 84 percent of the stops are black and Latino. People say that stop and frisks are reasonable because they help reduce crime and protect citizens, but stop and frisks do not reduce crime rates and do not keep people safer. There has never been a research that has proven the effectiveness of New York City’s stop and frisk tactic, and the small number of arrests, summonses, and guns recovered demonstrates that the practice is ineffective. Crime Statistics also do not support the claim that New York City is safer because of...

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...ctivity, or statistics. If “an officer sees someone acting in a manner that suggests a crime is afoot, he or she has an obligation to stop and question that person” (‘Stop and Frisk’ is not racial profiling). If someone is acting suspicious and is questioned, why is that considered racial profiling? It is part of their job to stop someone who is acting suspicious to be safe. Just because someone of colored is stop due by a police does not mean they were necessarily discriminating them, there is simply more behind it.

Racial Profiling exists and there is no possible way to fully stop it. People are naturally capable of judging someone based off their ethnicity and will continue to do it. I fully understand racial profiling is happening and I don’t agree with it, but I do believe that in some cases, it is beneficial to stopping terrorism and preventing crimes.