Manual indicates police encourage racial profiling of foreigners

A man who described himself as a former Aichi prefectural police officer said matter-of-factly that he had long equated foreign nationals to “suspicious” individuals and treated them as such.

Sacramento to audit police after ACLU report alleges racially-biased traffic stops

The ACLU found that Black drivers in Sacramento were stopped more often and searched at higher rates. Now the city will study ...
The Stranger

The Guardian: “City Sponsored Racial Profiling?”

Last week, we posted several excerpts of The Guardian, the Seattle Police Department union’s print-only newspaper by and for cops, which ventilates some incendiary commentary about local policing and ...

Montreal mayor calls for end to random police checks amid racial profiling investigation

City’s police force faces investigation of 16 officers accused of disproportionately targeting Black and Arab residents ...

Former Texas state trooper alleges racial profiling, unconstitutional stop by Alabama police

A former Texas Department of Public Safety trooper is alleging that he and his family were the victims of an unlawful traffic stop and racial profiling by Saraland police officers in 2024. The federal ...

It's time to take a long, hard look at racism within Quebec City police, advocates say

Advocacy groups in Quebec City are calling on Mayor Bruno Marchand to acknowledge the existence of racial profiling within the city’s police force after allegations of co-ordinated racist behaviour ...
The Portland Mercury

Hope, Disappointment, Business Cards: Cops Release New Racial Profiling Plan

The final version may now be two and a half years late, following the release of a draft back in January, but Police Chief Rosie Sizer finally delivered her “plan to address racial profiling” to city ...
Medical Xpress

Racial profiling and aggressive policing can affect infant health, research finds

Aggressive policing tactics like stop-and-frisk are linked to worse newborn health outcomes in neighborhoods where such tactics are most pervasive, University of Oregon research finds. Babies of ...
The Stranger

A Climate Justice Activist at the Paris Climate Talks Says Police Are Racially Profiling Attendees

Sarra Tekola is a 23-year-old climate activist and University of Washington graduate who lives in Seattle. If you’ve ever attended a protest against oil trains or a Black Lives Matter march, you’ve ...
Reason

Accusing Someone Who Called Police of "Blatant Racial Profiling" May Be Defamation

A short excerpt from an opinion by Judge Rebecca Pennell (E.D. Wash.) Wednesday n Riera v. Central Wash. Univ.: Mr. Riera was employed in a fixed term, non-tenure track faculty at Central Washington ...
Killeen Daily Herald

Report: Texarkana, Texas police in compliance with racial profiling laws

TEXARKANA, Texas — A new report on the Texarkana Police Department found the agency in full compliance with state racial profiling laws while highlighting disparities in traffic stop data and arrests ...