Racial profiling

U.S. 09/03/21, 17:22

The Brunswick district attorney in office at the time of Ahmaud Arbery's deadly gunshot was indicted Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021 on two counts of obstructing a police investigation and a third charge of violating the oath of a public officer. According to the indictment, former District Attorney Jackie Johnson hampered the ...

U.S. 07/16/21, 08:33

St. Paul Police Department has released video evidence that casts severe doubt on a Minnesota lawmaker's claim that he was charged for "driving while black." The department is now demanding an apology. Bodycam footage obtained by Bring Me the News shows a traffic duty officer pulling over and questioning state Rep. ...

Trending 05/10/21, 03:17

A Democrat who used to live in the White House is worried authorities could use race or ethnicity as grounds for suspecting her children of breaking the law. Michelle Obama fears law enforcement officers could racially profile her daughters while they drive alone. The former first lady revealed she is terrified about ...

Trending 04/26/21, 23:59

A Democrat from Hawaii pleaded with the nation to stop categorizing Americans into different ethnic groups. Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard asked all of her supporters to refuse to racialize "everyone and everything" because doing so would only lead America down a "dark and divisive path." "My dear friends, my fellow Americans, please, ...

U.S. 03/12/21, 18:18

As many people know, Democrat-controlled Congress has just passed the $1.9 trillion CCP Virus (COVID-19) relief bill this week. However, some of the bill's more radical policies have gone largely unnoticed. One of these policies is a requirement that farmers only receive certain types of assistance if they are members of ...

Entertainment 05/23/19, 13:14

The special Tony Award that honors educators this year will go to a drama teacher in Charlottesville, Virginia, who has encouraged her students to explore their differences and heal rifts, especially following a deadly 2017 white nationalist rally in the city.Madeline Michel from Monticello High School will receive the 2019 ...

Entertainment 04/12/19, 03:56

An Austrian music festival is apologizing to British grime artist Stormzy, who pulled out of an appearance after accusing security staff of racial profiling.Snowbombing festival organizers said security responded Wednesday night to a report that an individual at the show in Mayrhofen had a weapon, and a small number of ...

U.S. 04/10/19, 21:56

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Wednesday he'll sign legislation cutting off funding to "sanctuary cities" that don't cooperate with federal immigration authorities despite the Republican's objections that the measure could open the door to racial profiling. The governor announced he would sign the measure, which would also prevent cities from blocking ...

California 03/10/19, 11:16

California's first-in-the-nation attempt to track racial profiling complaints against police produced numbers so unrealistically small that the board overseeing the tally wants departments to make changes to encourage more people to come forward.The panel's most recent report found 17 percent of California's law enforcement agencies reported not a single complaint ...

U.S. 02/28/19, 11:22

A western Michigan police officer has been placed on administrative leave after activists accused him of racial profiling by notifying immigration officials about the arrest of a mentally ill Latino war veteran who is actually a U.S. citizen.Grand Rapids City Manager Mark Washington on Thursday announced Lt. Curt VanderKooi's leave ...

U.S. 02/27/19, 13:49

Activists are calling for the firing of a western Michigan police officer whom they accuse of racial profiling by notifying immigration officials about the arrest of a mentally ill Latino war veteran who is actually a U.S. citizen.Immigration and Customs Enforcement held Jilmar Ramos-Gomez for three days in December before ...

U.S. 02/14/19, 15:32

Two Montana women questioned by a U.S. border agent who overheard them speaking Spanish in a convenience store sued U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Thursday, saying the agent illegally detained them without reason.The agent held Ana Suda and Martha Hernandez for 40 minutes in a parking lot in the ...

Politics 12/04/18, 01:03

Two years after defeating longtime metro Phoenix Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Paul Penzone is steadily making progress in carrying out a massive court-ordered overhaul of a beleaguered agency that was found to have racially profiled Latinos. The new sheriff has improved compliance with the overhaul and taken far more steps to repair ...

U.S. 11/30/18, 17:45

Latinos who were illegally detained when then-Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio defied a court order face a Monday deadline to apply for taxpayer-funded compensation for the harm they suffered from his acknowledged disobedience. Fewer people than expected applied for compensation from a $500,000 court-ordered fund created after Arpaio defied a 2011 ...

California 11/03/18, 22:56

Ramona Ripston, a longtime activist who built up the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California into a major organization, has died. She was 91.Ripston died Saturday at her home after several years of illness, said David Colker, a spokesman for the chapter.As executive director of the ACLU SoCal from ...

Texas 10/25/18, 09:37

Delmiro Trevino, a U.S. citizen born in Texas, was waiting for a meal in a restaurant in Independence, Oregon, in 1977 when three sheriff's deputies and a policewoman demanded he show documents proving he was an American."I was ashamed. It wasn't right, what they were doing," Trevino, now 67 with ...