Racial Profiling

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Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Office ‘Profiled’ Latinos, Says Judge

By Amaris Castillo | 05/27/2013 - 09:30 | 0 Comments

A federal judge ruled that Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office has profiled Latinos in routine patrols for undocumented immigrants. According to BBC, the self-proclaimed “toughest sheriff in America” was sued by a group of Latino drivers who claimed that the 80-year-...

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Boston Airport Accused of Racial Profiling

By Samantha Leal | 08/13/2012 - 09:57 | 0 Comments

More than 30 federal officers say that a program at Logan International Airport in Boston intended to spot potential terrorists has become rife with racial profiling, targeting minorities including blacks and Hispanics, says ...

Racial Profiling in Traffic Stops

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ACLU Sues Border Patrol for Racial Profiling at the Canadian Border

By Samantha Leal | 04/30/2012 - 16:12 | 0 Comments

Border problems… at the northern border? Yep. The American Civil Liberties Union filed a complaint against the U.S. Border control after two Latinos and a black man were "unjustifiably" stopped in Washington state’s Olympic Peninsula, an area close to Canada, ...

Newark Racial Profiling in Airport

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TSA Report: Newark Officers Racially Profiled Latinos

By Adriana Rivera | 06/16/2011 - 09:00 | 0 Comments

Latinos are being targeted by the TSA and other airport security at Newark Liberty International Airport.

According to New Jersey’s Star-Ledger newspaper, a recent TSA report stated, “Mexican and Dominican passengers were singled out for scrutiny of their travel documents as an easy way to drive up the number of referrals by Newark's (...

Watch: John McCain Says, "Immigrants are Crashing Cars on Purpose"

By Mariela Rosario | 04/20/2010 - 16:30 | 3 Comments

Since when is John McCain a hard line conservative Republican? Though he was once known as a "maverick" it looks like these days, McCain is drinking the right-wing Kool-aid (or maybe it's just too much tea time with Sarah Palin)? Either way, McCain took to Fox News's The O'Reilly Factor to address the incredibly...