Law Enforcement Racial Profiling

Amnesty International USA, a human rights organization, offers information about law enforcement racial profiling in its website at www.amnestyusa.org .  According to Amnesty International USA, racial profiling occurs when race is used by law enforcement or private security officials, to any degree, as a basis for criminal suspicion in non-suspect specific investigations.  In this regard, discrimination based on race, ethnicity, religion, nationality or any other particular identity undermines the basic human rights and freedoms to which every person is entitled.  Amnesty International USA further reports that racial profiling makes us less safe, inhibits law enforcement efforts and undermines national unity, providing for the public important information pertaining to racial profiling.  In addition, Amnesty International USA invites victims to share their stories and thoughts in order to join the organization in speaking out about serious human rights violations like racial profiling.  As stated by the organization, 26 states have no law explicitly prohibiting racial profiling and 46 states do not ban racial profiling beased on religion or religious appearance.  To help raise awareness about racial profiling and learn more about this important issue, one can visit the Amnesty International USA website.