Web Sites: Racial Profiling
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Arrest the Racism: Racial Profiling in America an issues page from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). See also, ACLU's
report, Driving While Black: Racial Profiling On Our Nation's Highways, June 1999. ACLU's other issues page on Police Practices is also useful.
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"Components of Racial Profiling Legislation" from the Race and Poverty web site at the University of Minnesota Law School. 5 March 2001
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New Jersey Department of Law & Public Policy, Office of the Attorney General. Interim Report of the State Police Review Team Regarding Allegations of Racial Profiling (PDF) 20 April 1999.
Final Report of the State Police Review Team was issued 2 July 1999 and focused on issues of hiring, promotions, internal affairs,and discipline. Selected highlights of the Interim Report are available in PDF and text; Overview, highlights and actions steps of the Final Report of the State Police Review Team are also available as PDF and text. A consent degree was entered 30 December 1999. New Jersey Attorney General Farmer's
comment on the consent decree was first published in the New York Times on 23 January 2000.
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New Jersey Department of Law &Public Policy.
Remarks of Attorney General John J. Farmer, Jr. Before the Senate Judiciary Committee
on Racial Profiling. 3 April 2001
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Racial Profiling from Americans for Effective Law Enforcement, Inc. (AELE). See particularly Current Legal Issues in Racial Profiling, 2000 Update; Developments in Racial Profiling Litigation; and other legal reference material
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"Racial Profiling is Seen as Widespread, Particularly Among Young Black Men" Poll Release from The Gallup Organization. 9 December 1999.
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Racially Biased Policing: A Principled Response" from the Police Executive Research Forum. July 2001. Each chapter of the report can be downloaded in PDF; Chapter 4, cites to state and city "policies and statutes" on racial profiling. The PERF report includes bibliographic references; highlights; and related links.
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