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Article: Police and Racial Profiling.(police, including African American Los Angeles police chief Bernard Parks, argue in favor or racial profiling in crime detection, while others believe it is a form of discrimination)(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- New York Times Upfront
- Article date:
- September 6, 1999
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Is police tactic fair?
NO The practice of racial profiling--stopping people as possible criminal suspects because of their racial or ethnic background--by law-enforcement authorities in the United States comes in many forms. All of them are disgusting.
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