"We appreciate that today's LAPD is more diverse and generally more restrained than it was in the generations that gave it a reputation for violence and racial animus -- helping to plunge the city into the riots of 1992, only to suddenly go limp and let the riots spread. Today's LAPD is better at keeping public order, more effective at policing and more sensitive to the many communities it protects and serves. Still, just six months ago in MacArthur Park, it elected to broadcast dispersal orders in English only -- this, at an immigration rally -- then unleashed nonlethal projectiles and batons against a crowd that mysteriously refused to obey." ---LA Times Article
Basically, the Los Angeles Police Department is attempting to keep tabs on who they believe might be a threat to the people of L.A., trying g to look as though they are being more productive in the "war on terror." By keeping tabs on the Muslim people and communities, they are racially profiling the people of the city. They are blatantly discriminating against members of a certain race, even though they refuse to admit it.
This is outrageous. The LAPD should not have the right to stereotype and profile people as dangerous simply because of their race and/or religion. It's should not be the police department's number one priority to prevent violence they think might possibly happen, but rather to stop the violence that is happening at this very moment. They need to focus on the present rather than possible crimes in the future based on an assumption of someone's actions based on race.
3 comments:
Wow! so being a Muslim I find that really offending. Come on now, do you really think that a girl like me can actually cause harm?? I think that the LAPD should think first and then realize that all types of people commit crimes, not just the Muslims. Gah, some people are just so... ignorant.
I definitely do not agree with racial profiling. The fact that they're doing this in the LAPD is completely appalling! I mean, our country is trying to show the world that all people are equal, but by doing this, they are just going against the Constitution. I feel that all people should have be treated equally and should not be discriminated against based on their race.
I agree with you stephanie. It's really frustrating and outrageous to hear what is being done. What the LAPD is doing is racial profiling flat out. There's no reason why anyone should be targeted unless there is probable evidence that might suggest otherwise. treating people differently because of their ethnicity is wrong no matter how the cake is sliced.
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