racial profiling

noun

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

Example Sentences

An appellate court paused the raids, which California officials alleged were clear examples of racial profiling, but the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times

Tom Homan, the White House border advisor, said that the legal standard of reasonable suspicion “has a group of factors you must take into consideration,” adding, “racial profiling is not happening at all.”

From Los Angeles Times

“This amounts to racial profiling,” said Maya Wiley, president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, during a press call hosted by the Not Above the Law coalititon.

From Salon

Department of Homeland Security denied targeting a school and also denied racial profiling.

From Los Angeles Times

He said the government is not “extolling racial profiling,” but “apparent ethnicity can be relevant to reasonable suspicion, especially in immigration enforcement.”

From Los Angeles Times