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ACLU Study Reveals LAPD Racial Profiling

By Walin & Klarich

Recent ACLU study released shows serious racial profiling by LAPD against African Americans and Hispanics The American Civil Liberties Union released a study saying that ?when compared with whites, African Americans and Hispanics are much more likely to be stopped, frisked, searched ? with and without their consent ? and arrested.? The study pertained to discretionary police stops in which whites were found to be much more likely to be found in possession of weapons, drugs, or other contraband than Blacks or Hispanics. The report shows that African Americans are 166 percent more likely to be stopped by police, 127 percent more likely to be frisked, 76 percent more likely to be searched, 81 percent more likely to be subject to a search without consent and 29 percent more likely to be arrested than whites...continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on November 25, 2008 (boomark / email).