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Racial Profiling

donald trump Jan. 10, 2018

Arpaio’s Senate Candidacy Is Not Just a Bad JokeSheriff Joe Arpaio lost his job in 2016 and then was pardoned by Donald Trump. Now he’s running for the Senate and has some serious support.

By Ed Kilgore
Aug. 14, 2017

Trump Pondering Pardon for Racial Profiler Joe ArpaioAs he dragged his feet on condemning racist violence this weekend, the president was thinking fondly of the nativist demagogue Joe Arpaio.

By Ed Kilgore
July 31, 2017

Ejected by Voters, ‘America’s Toughest Sheriff’ Could Wind Up in PrisonIt’s been a long way down for Joe Arpaio since he lost reelection last year. And now he’s been convicted of contempt of court, and could be jailed.

By Ed Kilgore
Mar. 11, 2017

Muhammad Ali Jr. Says He Was Detained at Airport AgainHe was on the way home from speaking to U.S. lawmakers about his first detention in which he was allegedly asked about his name and religion.

By Chas Danner
crimes and misdemeanors Oct. 25, 2016

Sheriff Joe Arpaio Charged With Criminal Contempt Over Racial ProfilingThe charges come just two weeks before he stands for reelection.

By Charley Lanyon
Sept. 27, 2016

Maine Governor Paul LePage’s Binder Full of Drug Dealers Exposes His Racist LieHe said 90 percent of Maine’s drug arrests were people of color. He was lying.

By Adam K. Raymond
Sept. 19, 2016

Trump: America Needs to Racially Profile Muslims Like They Do in IsraelHe also predicted more attacks following the NYC bombing and congratulated himself for declaring it a bombing before the NYPD did.

By Eric Levitz
racism Aug. 27, 2016

Maine Governor Suggests People of Color and Hispanics Are the ‘Enemy’Governor LePage had challenged a state lawmaker to “prove that I’m a racist” just a day earlier.

By Chas Danner
Aug. 18, 2016

Trump Says Fight Against ISIS Could Require Racial ProfilingHe also said that he would “throw out” Muslims with “extreme views” like the Orlando shooter’s father.

By Eric Levitz
can u not Oct. 1, 2014

NYPD Reportedly Told Black Teens in Park Slope to ‘Get Out of the Neighborhood’According to a woman who witnessed the incident.

By Jessica Roy
racial profiling Sept. 16, 2014

Black Women Accused of Prostitution at Hip HotelAnother ugly instance of racial profiling.

By Joe Coscarelli
new york’s finest Aug. 4, 2014

Men of Color More Likely to Receive Summones Not exactly surprising.

By Caroline Bankoff
bill de blasio’s new york Mar. 5, 2014

De Blasio Drops Another Bloomberg NYPD LawsuitThe new mayor again undoes the work of the old one.

By Joe Coscarelli
shop and frisk Nov. 23, 2013

Barneys Exec Very Slightly Injured at ‘Shop-and-Frisk’ MeetingNot the most graceful exit.

By Adam Martin
Nov. 20, 2013

Barneys Checked, and It’s Pretty Sure It’s Not Doing Any Racial ProfilingThe NYPD begs to differ.

By Adam Martin
lawsuits Nov. 19, 2013

Latest Macy’s Profiling Accusation Is From a CopWho says the charge got her fired.

By Adam Martin
shop and frisk Oct. 30, 2013

NYPD Points Finger Back at Barneys for Racial ProfilingNo one comes out looking good.

By Joe Coscarelli
lawsuits Oct. 25, 2013

Macy’s Also Accused of Profiling Black Shopper for Buying Fancy ThingsIn this case, the actor Rob Brown.

By Joe Coscarelli
crimes and misdemeanors Oct. 22, 2013

NYPD Arrested Black Teenager for Buying a Nice BeltHe’s suing.

By Joe Coscarelli
the third terminator June 28, 2013

Mayor Bloomberg: ‘Nobody Racially Profiles’Nobody!

By Joe Coscarelli
stop and frisk May 13, 2012

NYPD: Sure, Stop-and-Frisks Are Way Up, But Murders Are Down Since January, there were 11 percent more stop-and-frisks than a year ago.

By Andre Tartar
nypd Mar. 13, 2012

Poll: New Yorkers Don’t Really Seem to Care About NYPD’s Muslim SurveillanceAccording to a new poll.

By Noreen Malone
religion Jan. 25, 2012

Police Commish Ray Kelly Admits Involvement With Anti-Muslim Film, Says He Regrets ItRegrets, he’s had a few.

By Brett Smiley
religion Jan. 24, 2012

NYPD Training Included a Scary Anti-Muslim Propaganda FilmThe department denied the movie was widely seen, but that’s not really true.

By Joe Coscarelli
crimes and misdemeanors Sept. 1, 2011

Court Will Hear Allegations of NYPD’s Racial ProfilingJudge refuses to toss lawsuit on “stop and frisk” strategy.

By Joe Coscarelli
crossing over Feb. 7, 2011

Where Are All the Arizonans Willing to Stand Up for Racial Profiling?A hidden-camera show can’t find any.

By Dan Amira
cable news Nov. 24, 2010

Talk Box: Cable News Prefers Profiling to Pat-Downs in TSA DebateBut liberal talker Ed Schultz dissents with a Rush Limbaugh/Fox News conspiracy theory.

By Dorsey Shaw
early and often Oct. 5, 2010

Arizona Sheriff With a Fondness for Racial Profiling: ‘I’m a Poster Boy on This Issue.’Anti-immigrant rhetoric is a vote-getter.

By Nitasha Tiku
racial profiling Sept. 2, 2010

United Airlines Mistakes Pakistani Military Delegation for TerroristsUnited Airlines had a hard time telling them apart.

By Nitasha Tiku