racial profiling

noun

1. government activity directed at a suspect or group of suspects based solely on race

Example Sentences

Frimpong previously issued a ruling in the same case temporarily blocking federal agents from using racial profiling to carry out indiscriminate immigration arrests.

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Supreme Court decision that critics says has opened the door to widespread racial profiling.

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He recently analyzed how sweeps in Los Angeles have led to racial profiling.

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Four months ago, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin denied that agents were engaged in racial profiling, calling claims of people being targeted because of skin color “disgusting and categorically FALSE.”

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The operation led to more than 70 arrests, but also prompted a lawsuit from the American Civil Liberties Union over racial profiling.

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