Clinton Denounces Racial Profiling
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events: 1900-2001
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Law, Legal History, Courts
- Subcategories: Race, Ethnicity, Racism, Civil Rights, Minority Rights, Minorities
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present, African American History, Latino History
- Geographical Location: Washington, D.C.
- Date: June 9, 1999
Article abstract: Racial profiling, a law enforcement policy of using race and ethnicity to identify those most likely to have committed crimes, was declared “morally indefensible” by U.S. president Bill Clinton.
Police Profiling
On June 9, 1999, President Bill Clinton ordered federal law enforcement agencies to compile data on the race and ethnicity of people they question, search, or arrest to determine whether people are stopped by law officials merely because of their skin color. “Racial profiling is in fact the opposite of good police work,...
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