Advocacy Alert – Support Senator Ben Cardin on his bill to end racial profiling
Advocacy Alert —
Senator Ben Cardin (Democratic Senator from Maryland) just proposed legislation that would ban racial profiling. Call him at 202-224-4524 to voice your support for the bill. Also, call your own state’s Senator (search for your zip code) and urge them to support the bill.
From CivilRights.org: October 7th, 2011
Yesterday, the Senate introduced a bill that would ban the use of racial profiling by law enforcement.
The End Racial Profiling Act of 2011, sponsored by Sen. Ben Cardin, D. Md., would forbid any law enforcement agency in the United States from “relying, to any degree, on race, ethnicity, national origin, or religion…except when there is trustworthy information, relevant to the locality and timeframe, that links a person of a particular race, ethnicity, national origin, or religion to an identified criminal incident or scheme.” The bill also requires law enforcement agencies to collect data on routine and spontaneous investigatory activities and authorizes the Department of Justice to provide funds for training on the proper and improper use of race, ethnicity, national origin and religion in policing.
