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College students accuse LAPD of racial profiling at graduation party

USC students plan protest against LAPD's racial profiling

A group of students at the University of Southern California is holding a sit-in Monday afternoon to protest what they call racial profiling by Los Angeles police at a graduation party on Saturday. “Most people were dispersing and leaving,” the party’s host, student Nate Howard, told KCBS-TV on Sunday. “But…

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TSA officers allege racial profiling in security lines at Boston airport

[TSA agent via Carolina K. Smith, M.D. / Shutterstock.com]

An initiative to flag potential terrorist threats at an Boston airport has led to to widespread racial profiling of passengers, it was reported Sunday. A report by the New York Times found that more than 30 federal officers involved in the “behaviour detection” programme at Logan International Airport said that…

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Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio faces civil racial profiling suit

Joe Arpaio (Maricopa County Sheriff's Office)

The self-proclaimed “toughest sheriff in America”, Joe Arpaio, will be called to account in a courtroom this week over long-standing accusations that he is waging an unlawful campaign of discrimination and harassment against Latinos. Arpaio, the sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, will be questioned before a federal judge in Phoenix…

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Arizona immigration author: 9/11 attacks ‘apparently okay to the left’

Former Arizona state senator Russell Pearce (R). Screenshot via CNN.

Former Arizona State Senator Russell Pearce (R) is bitterly upset about the Supreme Court striking down most of the law he authored, and he’s not afraid to show it on live television. Attempting to justify the one part of the law the Supreme Court deferred judgement on — a provision…

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U.S. apologizes after Bollywood superstar detained at New York airport

Shah Rukh Khan via AFP

The United States on Friday apologized and denied charges of racial profiling after Indian film superstar Shah Rukh Khan said he was held by authorities after jetting in on a private plane. India lodged a diplomatic complaint after Khan said he was detained for more than 90 minutes on Thursday…

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Police probe Tyler Perry racial profiling charge

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A US police force is investigating two of its officers after Tyler Perry accused them of racial profiling for stopping him in his car and questioning him in a “hostile” manner, a spokesman said. The African-American writer-director made the allegations regarding an incident in Atlanta, Georgia, in which he performed…

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ACLU urges Senate to support ban on racial profiling

Minority arrested for drugs at 2008 parade (Flickr/Jimmy Smith)

The American Civil Liberties Union has called on the U.S. Senate to pass legislation that would prohibit local, state and federal law enforcement agencies from racially profiling suspected criminals. Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) introduced the End Racial Profiling Act in 2011, but the bill has not yet been taken up…

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Former NBA star John Amaechi barred from hometown gay club: he’s ‘big & black & could be trouble’

Via Towleroad, a clear sign that it’s not a post-racial society across the pond either. Bonus points in this case for these clubs employing a shared security system to do their racial profiling and have closed ranks regarding the controversy. “When Amaechi questioned the decision, the doorman said it was…

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