5.4.22 RACIAL PROFILING cloned 3/29/2023
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Determine whether profiling was used in making each of the following decisions. Give your reasons.
Determine whether profiling was used in making each of the following decisions. Give your reasons.
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a. Two African American men are driving over the speed limit on a highway where police know drugs are being transported to a part of the city with a large African American population. A police officer stops them for speeding and then conducts a complete search of their car, including their trunk, to look for drugs. They do not find any drugs.
a. Two African American men are driving over the speed limit on a highway where police know drugs are being transported to a part of the city with a large African American population. A police officer stops them for speeding and then conducts a complete search of their car, including their trunk, to look for drugs. They do not find any drugs.
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b. After a terrorist attack, the government decides to use more telephone wiretaps to gather information in communities that have mosques.
b. After a terrorist attack, the government decides to use more telephone wiretaps to gather information in communities that have mosques.
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c. A man reports overhearing two Spanish-speaking men in a coffee shop planning to rob a specific jewelry store the next day. The witness could not see the men’s faces and does not know their names. The next day the police go to the store and question two “Latino-looking” men who are sitting in a car outside.
c. A man reports overhearing two Spanish-speaking men in a coffee shop planning to rob a specific jewelry store the next day. The witness could not see the men’s faces and does not know their names. The next day the police go to the store and question two “Latino-looking” men who are sitting in a car outside.
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d. A woman entering the United States holds a passport from a country with which the United States was recently at war. A customs agent detains her for questioning.
d. A woman entering the United States holds a passport from a country with which the United States was recently at war. A customs agent detains her for questioning.