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The Usual Suspects? Racial Profiling in the U.S.
February 27, 2002
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Since September 11th, racial profiling has been used as a tactic in what government officials call the war on terrorism. But for African-Americans in the United States racial profiling is nothing new. On this program we speak to African-American organizers, police officers and religious leaders who are working to put a stop to this practice in their communities. We also take a look at another form of racial profiling: retail discrimination.
Featuring:
David Harris, Author of "Profiles in Injustice: Why Police Profiling Cannot Work"; Sergeant De Lacy Davis, Black Cops Against Police Brutality (B-CAP); Diop Kamau, Police Complaint Center; Rev. Canon Nan Arrington Peete, Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio; Hilary Shelton, NAACP; Sam Anderson, Center for Law and Social Justice at Medgar Evars College; Amir Abdul Malik, An African-American Muslim leader in Oakland, CA; Elaine Vaughan, U.C. Irvine professor and victim of retail discrimination; Rondi Waugh, Loan consultant in Oakland, CA, and victim of retail discrimination; Michael Harris, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area; Rosalyn Taylor O'Neale, Business advisor on issues of diversity and discrimination.
For more information:
Michael Harris
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area
301 Mission St., Suite 400
San Francisco, California 94105
tel: 415-543-9444
info@lccr.com
www.lccr.com
Amir Abdul Malik
tel: 510-638-9541
abdulmalikali@aol.com
Center for Law and Social Justice at Medgar Evars College
1150 Carroll street
Brooklyn, New York 11225
718-270-6290
Black Radical Congress National Office
Columbia University Station
P.O. Box 250791
New York, New York 10025-1509
212-969-0348
www.blackradicalcongress.org
Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio
www.cincinnatican.org
Sergeant De Lacy Davis
Black Cops Against Police Brutality
973-926-5717
www.b-cap.org
David Harris
Author of "Profiles in Injustice: Why Police Profiling Cannot Work"
Norton Press
www.wwnorton.com
Police Complaint Center
850-894-6819;
fax: 202-318-8158
www.policeabuse.org
NAACP - Washington Bureau
1-877-NAACP98;
24-hour hotline: 410-521-4939
www.naacp.org
To obtain a copy of the "End Racial Profiling Act of 2001"
visit the Library of Congress Web Site: www.loc.gov
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