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The Effects Of Racial Profiling And Police Brutality

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Racial Profiling Research Paper
For the past 20 years we have witnessed many incidents with racial profiling leading to police brutally. Racial profiling ,the use of race or ethnicity as grounds for suspecting someone of having committed an offense, is very common in the United States. In this paper we will not be covering any school related subjects, harsh prison cell conditions, etc. Instead, I will only be discussing the effects of racial profiling. Although some may say that racial profiling is not a problem but the fact that it leads to police brutality, racial profiling in its essence is discriminatory against all people of color proving that it is very unjust.
For the past 10 year we have witnessed many different forms of racial profiling and police brutality. We have had many incidents including the Eric Garner case, the Trayvon Martin case, and the Rodney King case. These are all cases of police brutality taking into effect. For example, the day Trayvon Martin was killed, George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watchman responsible for Trayvon 's death, which according to https://www.cnn.com/2013/06/05/us/trayvon-martin-shooting-fast-facts/ “ calls 911 to report "a suspicious person" in the neighborhood, he is instructed not to get out of his SUV or approach the person, Zimmerman disregards the instructions. Moments later, neighbors report hearing gunfire” Zimmerman not only disregarded

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