racial profiling, amadou diallo, and abner louima

AMADOU DIALLO, ABNER LOUIMA,
RACIAL PROFILING











Introduction: In today’s civilization minorities of all different cultural backgrounds are still being targeted as criminals, and a dominant threat to society because of their race. Which brings me to outline the topic RACIAL PROFILING and how it coincides with the Amadou Diallo case. Then I will proceed onto the Abner Louima case, and give some background information on this topic.
Starting in March 2003 Governor Jim McGreevey signed a bill into law that stated that if a law enforcement officer is found to have committed racial profiling they might face a 5-year imprisonment charge and $15,000 fine. However, this person has to be found committing this act twice for it to considered racially motivated. Also, if there is bodily harm found on the victim the charges to the officers might exceed to 10 years imprisonment.
Racial Profiling as defined by the National Organization of Black...