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Racial Profiling Problem

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A social problem that greatly effects the African American community is racial profiling. This problem is caused a history of racism and prejudice in American society and its criminal justice system. Racial profiling is a way for police officers to attain their quota for tickets or arrests by heavily patrolling communities heavily populated by minorities and targeting them. This results in a high number of African Americans, as well as Hispanics, being ticketed or sent to jail for minor offenses or crimes. One such offense is the possession of marijuana, where statistics have shown that Blacks and Hispanics have disproportionately been arrested for this offense compared to White people in New York City. There are no studies that support the

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