Public Policy: Racial Profiling

Racial profiling "occurs when race is used by law enforcement or private security officials, to any degree, as a basis for criminal suspicion in non-suspect specific investigations." The 2004 from Amnesty International USA report on racial profiling not surprisingly "found that the unlawful use of race in police, immigration, and airport security procedures has increased since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001." <http://www.amnestyusa.org/racial_profiling>