Racial Profiling – Arkansas
"Increased national security should not equate to decreased civil liberties. All people are entitled to due process and other basic human rights and constitutional protections. "
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Ross Cohen, AIUSA
How Arkansas Rates in Protection From Racial Profiling
Arkansas' racial profiling laws are empowered by a pragmatic and effective definition. This definition both acknowledges that racial profiling can sometimes be based on an individual's religious appearance (in addition to be being based on their race, ethnicity, or national origin) and that racial profiling almost always contains multiple other characteristics such as gender, age, or geographic location. However, this law does not include ongoing data collection and thus inhibits the police's and the public's ability to evaluate the extent of the problem and where it most frequently occurs. It also denies victims of racial profiling the right to complain to an independent review about their treatment. Additionally, the law also does not give the public the right to go into court and ask a judge to order the police to stop racially profiling area residents and motorists.Protection from racial profiling: Insufficient
Members of Congress supporting the End Racial Profiling Act of 2004: None