Racial Profiling – Louisiana
"Racial profiling is one, not effective, two, not fair, and, three, not conducive to good relations between law enforcement and communities. It should be a three-strikes-and-you're-out policy."
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Suha Dabbouseh, AIUSA
How Louisiana Rates in Protection From Racial Profiling
While Louisiana has sought to address the problem of racial profiling by passing a law which requires data collection by all law enforcement agncies that do not have a written policy against racial profiling, Louisiana has not implemented a statewide mechanism for monitoring the problem nor enforcing local policies against the practice--such as allowing citizens to go into court and ask a judge to order the local police department to stop racially profiling local residents and motorists. Moreover the existing law does nothing to address the serious problem of racial profiling of pedestrians in cities like New Orleans.Protection from racial profiling: Virtually None
Members of Congress supporting the End Racial Profiling Act of 2004:
Representative William J. Jefferson