Processwork:

1. MLAThesiswith6piecesofevidence:

Instructions:Writeyourthesis/claimandlistsixpiecesofevidencethatproveyour
claim.Includethesourcefromwhereyouobtainedtheinformation.
Youmayonlyuse
twopiecesofevidencefromourgroupdocument.

Thesis:Racialprofilingshouldbeillegalinoursocietybecauseitisineffectiveand
harmsminoritypopulations.

1. EvidenceandSource
The
FourteenthAmendment
states,veryclearly,thatnostatemay"denytoanyperson
withinitsjurisdictiontheequalprotectionofthelaws."Racialprofilingis,
bydefinition
,
basedonastandardofunequalprotection.
http://civilliberty.about.com/od/lawenforcementterrorism/tp/AgainstRacialProfiling.htm

2. EvidenceandSource
Racialprofilingaswellasprofilingbasedonreligion,ethnicityandnationalorigin
continuestoplagueournationdespitetheconstitutionalguaranteeofequaltreatment
underthelaw.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/12/15/racialprofilinghasdest
royedpublictrustinpolicecopsareexploitingourweaklawsagainstit/

3. EvidenceandSource
Ina2011report
,theLeadershipConferenceonCivilRightsfoundevidenceof
widespreadracialprofiling,showingthatAfricanAmericansandHispanicsare
disproportionatelylikelytobestoppedandsearchedbypolice,eventhoughtheyreless
likelytobefoundpossessingcontrabandorcommittingacriminalact.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/12/15/racialprofilinghasdest
royedpublictrustinpolicecopsareexploitingourweaklawsagainstit/
4. EvidenceandSource
Twentystateshavenolawsprohibitingracialprofilingbylawenforcement,accordingto
anNAACPreport
releasedinSeptember.Amongstatesthatdo,thepoliciesvarywidely
inimplementationandeffectiveness.Only17ofthosestatesrequiredatacollectionon
allpolicestopsandsearches,andonly15requireanalysisandpublicationofother
racialprofilingdata.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/12/15/racialprofilinghasdest
royedpublictrustinpolicecopsareexploitingourweaklawsagainstit/
5. EvidenceandSource

DiscriminatorypolicetreatmentofAfricanAmericansremainsoneofthelongest
lastingissuesinAmericanlives,asthestopandfrisktacticthattheNewYorkspolice
forceemployedagainstyoungblacksuntiljustlastyearmadeclear.

http://prospect.org/article/targetingyoungblackslawenforcementbenjealousconvers
ationjamellebouie

6. EvidenceandSource
Whenlawenforcementofficerstargetresidentsbasedonrace,religionornationalorigin
ratherthanbehavior,crimefightingislesseffectiveandcommunitydistrustofpolice
grows.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/12/15/racialprofilinghasdest
royedpublictrustinpolicecopsareexploitingourweaklawsagainstit/

2.WorksCitedRD:

WorksCited
"RacialProfilingHasDestroyedPublicTrustinPolice.CopsAreExploitingOurWeakLaws
againstIt."
WashingtonPost
.TheWashingtonPost.Web.15Dec.2014.
"RacialProfilingDoesntWork."
OntarioHumanRightsCommission
.Web.
"JusticeDepartmentFindingsonRacialProfilingAllTooFamiliarinFerguson."
CBSNews
.CBS
Interactive.Web.3Mar.2015.
3.MLAThesisandBodyParagraphs:
JessicaFahmy
Mrs.Stegner
Period0
20October2015
RacialProfilingisaMethodthatMakesPeopleLackTrustinPolice
Racialprofilingisamethodthatismeanttomakethecountryasaferplace.Thiswayof
protectingthecountryharmsit.Racialprofilingshouldbeillegalinoursocietybecauseitis
ineffectiveandharmsminoritypopulations.

Racialprofilingshouldbeabolishedinoursocietybecauseitisunreliableandis
ineffective.
Ina2011report
,theLeadershipConferenceonCivilRightsfoundevidenceof
widespreadracialprofiling,showingthatAfricanAmericansandHispanicsare
disproportionatelylikelytobestoppedandsearchedbypolice,eventhoughtheyrelesslikelyto
befoundpossessingcontrabandorcommittingacriminalact.(Washingtonpost)Mostracial
profilingcasesareafailure,theydontproveanything.Itdoesntmeanthatthereisapersonof
differentcolorthathewouldbemoreviolent....Racialprofilinghasbeenstudiedinthecontext
oflawenforcement,suchasintheUnitedStates,ithasbeenfoundbysomescholarstobe
neitheranefficientnoreffectiveapproachtofightingcrime.
[26]
StudiesintheUnitedStates
haveconsistentlyfoundthatwhileminorities(AfricanAmericanandLatinopersons)were
targetedmore,thechanceoffindingcontrabandwhentheircarsweresearchedwasthesameor
lessthanWhitepersons.(ohrc)...Expertspointoutthatevenifcertaincrimesaremostly
committedbymembersofaparticulargroup,itdoesnotmeanthataparticularpersonfromthat
groupismorelikelytohavecommittedacrime.
[29]
And,evenifmorecrimeiscommittedbya
certaingroupthatmakeupasmallpercentageofthepopulation,itisstillmorelikelythatany
givencrimewillhavebeencommittedbysomeonebelongingtothemajoritygroup.(ohcr)The
oppositeaccusationsaretheonesthathappen.Peoplewhopointtheirfingerontheotherrace
dontknowthat4otherfingersarepointingback.Tosumitup,racialprofilingisineffectiveand
uselessinsociety.
Racialprofilingshouldbeabolishedinoursocietybecauseitharmsanddiscriminates
againstminoritypopulations.Racialprofilingaswellasprofilingbasedonreligion,ethnicity
andnationalorigincontinuestoplagueournationdespitetheconstitutionalguaranteeof

equaltreatmentunderthelaw.(WashingtonPost)Americaisfoundedonthebasisthatitwillbe
ahavenforequalityforall,howeverthismodernwayofprotectingthecountryisactually
harmingit.TheFourthAmendmentoftheUnitedStatesConstitutionprohibitsapersonfrom
beingstoppedordetainedwithoutevidencethatheorshewasinvolvedinacrime.(Motorists)
The14thamendmentisintheconstitutionthereforeracialprofilingisunconstitutionalandcops
arebreakingthelaw.Whenanofficerpulledsomeoneover,85percentofthetimeitwasan
AfricanAmerican.Whenpoliceusedforce,88percentofthetimeitwasagainstAfrican
Americans.(CBSNews)Ifracialprofilingisgoingtostillbeused,policemustalsosearchwhite
peopletoensureforprotection.Itisunconstitutionaltosearchacertainrace,equalityforall
appliestoallcircumstances.Therefore,racialprofilingcausesupheavalandisdiscriminatory,
theremustbeawaytoprotectsocietywithoutinsultingminorityraces.
Racialprofilingshouldbeabolishedinoursocietybecauseitisunreliableand
discriminatesagainstminoritypopulations.Itisanunfairjudgmentthatpolicemakebadgedon
color,race,ethnicity,andreligion.Americaisbuiltonthefreedomofthepeopleandpeople
movedtoamericatohavetheirfreedom,sohowcomepolicehavetherighttodoso?Policeneed
tofindanewtacticwheretheycanhelpmakethecountrysafebutavoidhurtingminoritygroups
anddiscriminatingagainstthem.
4.RevisedWorksCited:
WorksCited
Calvert,Scott,andKrisMaher."ViolenceBreaksOutinBaltimoreAfterFreddieGray's
Funeral."
WSJ
.TheWallStreetJournal,28Apr.2015.Web.1Nov.2015.
Gabrielson,Ryan,RyannJones,andEricSagara."DeadlyForce,inBlackandWhite."
Top

StoriesRSS
.ProPublica,10Oct.2014.Web.25Oct.2015.
Murray,Rheana."ALookattheDestructionAfterFergusonRiots."
ABCNews
.ABCNews
Network,25Nov.2014.Web.30Oct.2015.
Natarajan,Ranjana"RacialProfilingHasDestroyedPublicTrustinPolice.CopsAreExploiting
OurWeakLawsagainstIt."
WashingtonPost.
TheWashingtonPost.15Dec.2014.Web.
Oct.122015
5.Introduction/Conclusion:

I:IntroductoryParagraph

Racialprofilingisacommonmethodthatisusedtodaybypolice,tomakethiscountrya
saferplace.Eventhough,thistacticissometimesuseful,itsharmfulmostofthetime,leaving
peopleoffended.Manyminoritygroupsfeelliketheyarebeingwatchedandareverycautious
abouttheiractions,makingthemlooksuspiciousandcausingthepolicemistakethemfor
criminals.Thecyclegoeson,itsunfairtobepickedonbasedoncolor,race,gender,religion,
andethnicity.Racialprofilingshouldbeillegalinoursocietybecauseitisineffectiveandharms
minoritypopulations.

II:ConcludingParagraphs

Racialprofilingshouldbeabolishedinoursocietybecauseitisunreliableand
discriminatesagainstminoritypopulations.Itisanunfairjudgmentthatpolicemakebasedon
controversialpointswhenitcomestoreligionandwhetherthepoliceisracist.Americaisbuilt
onthefreedomofthepeopleandpeoplemovedtoAmericatohavetheirfreedom,sohowcome
policehavetherighttodoso?Policeneedtofindanewtacticwheretheycanhelpmakethe

countrysafe,yetavoidusingexcessiveforceagainstminoritygroupsanddiscriminatingagainst
them.
6.SentenceDraft:

SentenceDraft

JessicaFahmy
Mrs.Stegner
Period0
22October2015
RacialProfilingisaMethodThatMakesPeopleLackTrustinPolice

Racialprofilingisacommonmethodthatisusedtodaybypolice,tomakethiscountrya
saferplace.
Eventhough,thistacticissometimesuseful,itsharmfulmostofthetime,leavingpeople
offended.
Manyminoritygroupsfeelliketheyarebeingwatchedandareverycautiousabouttheir
actions,makingthemlooksuspiciousandcausingthepolicemistakethemforcriminals.
Thecyclegoeson,itsunfairtobepickedonbasedoncolor,race,gender,religion,and
ethnicity.
Racialprofilingshouldbeillegalinoursocietybecauseitisineffectiveandharms
minoritypopulations.

 Racialprofilingshouldbeabolishedinoursocietybecauseitisunreliableandis
ineffective.

Ina2011report
,theLeadershipConferenceonCivilRightsfoundevidenceof
widespreadracialprofiling,showingthatAfricanAmericansandHispanicsare
disproportionatelylikelytobestoppedandsearchedbypolice,eventhoughtheyreless
likelytobefoundpossessingcontrabandorcommittingacriminalact.(Washington
post)
Mostracialprofilingcasesareafailure,theydontproveanything.Itdoesntmeanthata
personofdifferentcolor,religionoranyotherclassificationassuchwouldbemore
violentthanthemajoritygroup.
Racialprofilinghasbeenstudiedinthecontextoflawenforcement,suchasinthe
UnitedStates,ithasbeenfoundbysomescholarstobeneitheranefficientnoreffective
approachtofightingcrime.StudiesintheUnitedStateshaveconsistentlyfoundthat
whileminorities(AfricanAmericanandLatinopersons)weretargetedmore,thechance
offindingcontrabandwhentheircarsweresearchedwasthesameorlessthanWhite
persons.(ohrc)
Usuallywhenracialprofilingisinuse,mostsearchesdontproveanything,mostofthe
peoplewhoaresearchedhavenothingbutfeelhumiliatedandinsecure.
Expertspointoutthatevenifcertaincrimesaremostlycommittedbymembersofa
particulargroup,itdoesnotmeanthataparticularpersonfromthatgroupismorelikely
tohavecommittedacrime.And,evenifmorecrimeiscommittedbyacertaingroupthat

makeupasmallpercentageofthepopulation,itisstillmorelikelythatanygivencrime
willhavebeencommittedbysomeonebelongingtothemajoritygroup.(ohcr)
Theoppositeaccusationsaretheonesthathappen.Peoplewhopointtheirfingersonthe
otherracesdontknowthatfourotherfingersarepointingbackatthemselves.The
majoritygroupclassifythemselvesasthehierarchyofthesocialpyramid,whentheyare
theoneswhocommitmostofthecrimes.
Tosumitup,racialprofilingisineffectiveanduselessinsocietyoursocietyisbetteroff
withoutthispointingoutothersmethod.

Racialprofilingshouldbeabolishedinoursocietybecauseitharmsanddiscriminates
againstminoritypopulations.
Racialprofilingaswellasprofilingbasedonreligion,ethnicityandnationalorigin
continuestoplagueournationdespitetheconstitutionalguaranteeofequaltreatment
underthelaw.(WashingtonPost)
Americaisfoundedonthebasisthatitwillbeahavenforequalityforall,howeverthis
modernwayofprotectingthecountryisactuallyharmingit.
TheFourthAmendmentoftheUnitedStatesConstitutionprohibitsapersonfrombeing
stoppedordetainedwithoutevidencethatheorshewasinvolvedinacrime.(Motorists)
The14thamendmentisintheconstitution,thereforeracialprofilingisunconstitutional
andcopsarebreakingthelaw.

 Whenanofficerpulledsomeoneover,85percentofthetimeitwasanAfrican
American.Whenpoliceusedforce,88percentofthetimeitwasagainstAfrican
Americans.(CBSNews)
Ifracialprofilingisgoingtostillbeused,policemustalsosearchwhitepeopletoensure
forprotection.Itisunconstitutionaltosearchacertainrace,equalityforallappliestoall
circumstances,andviolenceisneverthesolution.
Therefore,racialprofilingcausesupheavalandisdiscriminatory,theremustbeawayto
protectsocietywithoutinsultingandhurtingminorityraces.
NEEDEVIDENCEONUPHEAVAL!!!!

Racialprofilingshouldbeabolishedinoursocietybecauseitisunreliableand
discriminatesagainstminoritypopulations.
Itisanunfairjudgmentthatpolicemakebasedoncontroversialpointswhenitcomesto
religionandwhetherthepoliceisracist.
AmericaisbuiltonthefreedomofthepeopleandpeoplemovedtoAmericatohavetheir
freedom,sohowcomepolicehavetherighttodoso?
Policeneedtofindanewtacticwheretheycanhelpmakethecountrysafe,yetavoid
usingexcessiveforceagainstminoritygroupsanddiscriminatingagainstthem.

WorksCited
Calvert,Scott,andKrisMaher."ViolenceBreaksOutinBaltimoreAfterFreddieGray's
Funeral."
WSJ
.TheWallStreetJournal,28Apr.2015.Web.1Nov.2015.
Gabrielson,Ryan,RyannJones,andEricSagara."DeadlyForce,inBlackandWhite."
Top

StoriesRSS
.ProPublica,10Oct.2014.Web.25Oct.2015.
Murray,Rheana."ALookattheDestructionAfterFergusonRiots."
ABCNews
.ABCNews
Network,25Nov.2014.Web.30Oct.2015.
Natarajan,Ranjana"RacialProfilingHasDestroyedPublicTrustinPolice.CopsAreExploiting
OurWeakLawsagainstIt."
WashingtonPost.
TheWashingtonPost.15Dec.2014.Web.
Oct.122015
7.CompleteFirstDraftwithWorksCited:

CompleteDraft
(ABSENT)
JessicaFahmy
Mrs.Stegner
Period0
26October2015
RacialProfilingisaMethodThatMakesPeopleLackTrustinPolice
Hisheartracedastherestofhisbodyshaked.Hecouldnotbreathastheysearchedhim.
Outofnowherethepoliceshotthismanforapettycrime.Therewasnoneedtokillhim.Racial
profilingisacommonmethodthatisusedtodaybypolice,tomakethiscountryasaferplace.
Eventhough,thistacticissometimesuseful,itsharmfulmostofthetime,leavingpeople
offended.Manyminoritygroupsfeelliketheyarebeingwatchedandareverycautiousabout
theiractions,makingthemlooksuspiciousandcausingthepolicemistakethemforcriminals.
Thecyclegoeson,itsunfairtobepickedonbasedoncolor,race,gender,religion,and

ethnicity.Racialprofilingshouldbeillegalinoursocietybecauseitisineffectiveandharms
minoritypopulations.
Racialprofilingshouldbeabolishedinoursocietybecauseitisunreliableandis
ineffective.
Ina2011report
,theLeadershipConferenceonCivilRightsfoundevidenceof
widespreadracialprofiling,showingthatAfricanAmericansandHispanicsare
disproportionatelylikelytobestoppedandsearchedbypolice,eventhoughtheyrelesslikelyto
befoundpossessingcontrabandorcommittingacriminalact.(Natarajan)Mostracialprofiling
casesareafailure,theydontproveanything.Racialprofilingdoesnotproduceaccurateresults,
itshouldnotbeusedasapolicetactic.Policeshouldbeusingtheirresourcesinadifferent
manner,such..Itdoesntmeanthatapersonofdifferentcolor,religionoranyother
classificationassuchwouldbemoreviolentthanthemajoritygroup.,mostofthepeoplewhoare
searchedhavenothingbutfeelhumiliatedandinsecure.The1,217deadlypoliceshootingsfrom
2010to2012capturedinthefederaldatashowthatblacks,age15to19,werekilledatarateof
31.17permillion,whilejust1.47permillionwhitemalesinthatagerangediedatthehandsof
police.(...lastsource)Usuallywhenracialprofilingisinuse,mostsearchesdontprove
..Expertspointoutthatevenifcertaincrimesaremostlycommittedbymembersofa
particulargroup,itdoesnotmeanthataparticularpersonfromthatgroupismorelikelytohave
committedacrime.And,evenifmorecrimeiscommittedbyacertaingroupthatmakeupa
smallpercentageofthepopulation,itisstillmorelikelythatanygivencrimewillhavebeen
committedbysomeonebelongingtothemajoritygroup.(ohcr)Theoppositeaccusationsarethe
onesthathappen.Peoplewhopointtheirfingersontheotherracesdontknowthatfourother
fingersarepointingbackatthemselves.Themajoritygroupclassifythemselvesasthehierarchy

ofthesocialpyramid,whentheyaretheoneswhocommitmostofthecrimes.Tosumitup,
racialprofilingisineffectiveanduselessinsocietyoursocietyisbetteroffwithoutthis
pointingoutothersmethod.
Racialprofilingshouldbeabolishedinoursocietybecauseitharmsanddiscriminates
againstminoritypopulations.Racialprofilingaswellasprofilingbasedonreligion,ethnicity
andnationalorigincontinuestoplagueournationdespitetheconstitutionalguaranteeof
equaltreatmentunderthelaw.(WashingtonPost)Americaisfoundedonthebasisthatitwillbe
ahavenforequalityforall,howeverthismodernwayofprotectingthecountryisactually
harmingit.TheFourthAmendmentoftheUnitedStatesConstitutionprohibitsapersonfrom
beingstoppedordetainedwithoutevidencethatheorshewasinvolvedinacrime.(Motorists)
The14thamendmentisintheconstitution,thereforeracialprofilingisunconstitutionalandcops
arebreakingthelaw.Whenanofficerpulledsomeoneover,85percentofthetimeitwasan
AfricanAmerican.Whenpoliceusedforce,88percentofthetimeitwasagainstAfrican
Americans.(CBSNews)Ifracialprofilingisgoingtostillbeused,policemustalsosearchwhite
peopletoensureforprotection.Itisunconstitutionaltosearchacertainrace,equalityforall
appliestoallcircumstances,andviolenceisneverthesolution.Therefore,racialprofilingcauses
upheavalandisdiscriminatory,theremustbeawaytoprotectsocietywithoutinsultingand
hurtingminorityraces.
Racialprofilingshouldbeabolishedinoursocietybecauseitisunreliableand
discriminatesagainstminoritypopulations.Itisanunfairjudgmentthatpolicemakebasedon
controversialpointswhenitcomestoreligionandwhetherthepoliceisracist.Americaisbuilt
onthefreedomofthepeopleandpeoplemovedtoAmericatohavetheirfreedom,sohowcome

policehavetherighttodoso?Policeneedtofindanewtacticwheretheycanhelpmakethe
countrysafe,yetavoidusingexcessiveforceagainstminoritygroupsanddiscriminatingagainst
them.

WorksCited
Calvert,Scott,andKrisMaher."ViolenceBreaksOutinBaltimoreAfterFreddieGray's
Funeral."
WSJ
.TheWallStreetJournal,28Apr.2015.Web.1Nov.2015.
Gabrielson,Ryan,RyannJones,andEricSagara."DeadlyForce,inBlackandWhite."
Top
StoriesRSS
.ProPublica,10Oct.2014.Web.25Oct.2015.
Murray,Rheana."ALookattheDestructionAfterFergusonRiots."
ABCNews
.ABCNews
Network,25Nov.2014.Web.30Oct.2015.
Natarajan,Ranjana"RacialProfilingHasDestroyedPublicTrustinPolice.CopsAreExploiting
OurWeakLawsagainstIt."
WashingtonPost.
TheWashingtonPost.15Dec.2014.Web.
Oct.122015