Throughout the years, police brutality has been an issue that has just been swept under the rug and people try to believe that it doesn't happen or that the proper authorities have alre

In a nation that has gone through so much racial problems, today's racial differences aren't nearly what they used to be. So why is there still racial profiling? Ok let me explain what racial profiling is. In the book Driving While Black, it defines racial profiling as a tactic of stopping someone only because of the color of his or her skin and a fleeting suspicion that the person is engaging in criminal behavior. Racial profiling is a relatively new word but the practice is an extremely old one. One of the worst and well-known cases is the Rodney King beating. King was in a high-speed chase and was apparently drunk. When he finally stopped he was ordered out of his car, at first he ignored the officers order then got out of his car and did a little dance and talked gibberish. The commanding officer ordered him to the ground but King refused and the officers then swarmed him and tried to bring him to the ground, but after King shook them off his was shot twice with a stun gun. After being shot King was startled and tried to get up again only to beaten down by the 5 officers with batons. This case shocked the nation because it was videotaped and shown on every new station in America. But the real trouble didn't start until the trial began. The trial was moved to a neutral site in Simi Valley, which is a cop family community and the all-white jury acquitted the 5 officers of all their actions. LA exploded into black riot killing 54, injuring over 2,000 and causing over 2 billion dollars worth of damage. This case is just an example of the racial profiling in America. In a 20/20 investigation 10 white people and 10 black people walked into shopping centers and the 10 white people were le

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