Racial Profiling And The United States - 1560 Words

Recently, there has been an epidemic in which minorities are being racially profiled on a daily basis. Individuals are being arrested, pulled over, and gunned down, simply because of the color of their skin. People cannot even walk down the street without someone thinking that they look suspicious. Whether the person is African American, Hispanic, Indian, or Muslim, racial profiling is wrong. With all of the recent controversy surrounding the problem, one would think that it would occur much less but that is not the case. Racial profiling has caused a recent uproar in America, and it has become the reason why many people have turned their backs on law enforcement for good. â€Å"Racial profiling is the discriminatory practice by law†¦show more content†¦Ã¢â‚¬Å"Who does racial profiling actually hurt†? using this as my research paper would shed light on situations that have been kept in the dark. This paper is intended for each race, the reader, and the next potential victim. This issue became important to me while reading many articles on officer Darren Wilson, and the mayhem that occurred in the aftermath when the riots in Ferguson began. I found that his case was not the only that had been subjected to being a potential accuser of racial profiling. True enough, there is a young African American male dead, due to an officer s actions, but with all of the media bashing and throwing dirt on his name, how is it affecting him? Who is the real victim? It makes absolutely no sense that African American men have to avoid wearing dark clothes, in fear that they might be gunned down. For instance, on February 26, 2012, Trayvon Benjamin Martin was just 17 years old when he was shot and killed by the neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman while visiting his father in Sanford, Florida. Zimmerman called 911, to report a â€Å"suspicious person† who was walking in between homes. Martin was wearing a dark hoodie, and was returning home from the store with skittles, and an Arizona iced tea. He was not bothering anyone but his life came to an abrupt end solely because he was a suspicious looking African American teen dressed in dark clothing. Trayvon was not the first and certainly will not