Racial Profiling Laws in Your State
Click on your state in the map below to find out how Amnesty International rates its legal protections against racial profiling.
Protecting the Public:
Racial Profiling Bans that Protect Motorists and Pedestrians
"Racial profiling . . . is one of the most ineffective strategies, and I call it nothing less than lazy, sloppy police work. It's basically saying you don't want to learn about your community, you don't want to learn about people's behavior, you don't want to do your job, and don't want to investigate, you just want to stop a lot of people and see if you can come up with some statistical number at the end of the evening. . . ."
National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE),
Oakland, CA, Sept. 9, 2003
Racial Profiling Bans that Protect Religious Minorities
"I'm an American citizen and I'm not going to restrict myself to certain areas of the United States...If I find a job in another state, am I going to think 'Oh, is it safe to move to this state?'"
Mr. Elyadi talked about profiling and harassment of Muslims
after September 11, 2001. San Francisco, California.
Sept. 9, 2003
