Monday, November 4, 2013

Racial Profiling Lives On

Hyperbolic:  having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated
Predominantly: Having greatest ascendancy, importance, influence, authority, or force.
Inflected: To alter (the voice) in tone or pitch; modulate. 
Inevitably: unable to be avoided, evaded, or escaped; certain; necessary: an inevitable conclusion. 
Render: To submit or present, as for consideration, approval, or payment
Unrestrained: Not controlled or held in check; immoderate: exploitation of natural resources
Frisk: to dance, leap, skip, or gambol; frolic: The dogs and children frisked about on the lawn. 
Hypothetical: assumed by hypothesis; supposed
Probable: supported by evidence strong enough to establish presumption but not proof
Discretion: the quality of having or showing discernment or good judgment


  • Police are able to pull someone over, stop them in the streets or just simply question them if they look a certain way. (Race, skin color, etc.)
  • The people do not know they have the right to say no to an officers request to search ones possessions. 
  • Supreme Court has ruled that people who are chased and captured by the police are not “seized” 
  • running away would be counted in determining reasonable suspicion
  • Some officers might use the excuse that the person they pulled over looked suspicious because they looked like they could be undocumented. 
  • In conclusion any police officer can get away with being racist and make false assumptions about someone being suspicious just because of the color of their skin. 

No comments:

Post a Comment