Activity 3B: Race, Policing, and the Community
Teacher’s Note: Proposed Legislation Against Racial Profiling
"Legislation and Litigation." Racial Profiling Data Collection Resource Center. Northeastern University.
http://www.racialprofilinganalysis.neu.edu/legislation/
Career Connections: Ideas for Involvement with Professionals
Information about the "stop and frisk" debate and the Philadelphia settlement Iis available here.
"Settlement reached in Philly stop-and-frisk suit." ABC Action News. June 21, 2011.
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=8201528
Racial Justice: Stop and Frisk Campaign: About the Issue. NYCLU (New York Civil Liberties Union).
www.nyclu.org/issues/racial-justice/stop-and-frisk-practices
Definition of "stop and frisk." Free Online Law Dictionary.
http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Stop+and+Frisk
Protestors of Police Stop-and-Frisk Practice Are Arrested by Noah Rosenberg. Published by The New York Times, October 21, 2011. http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/21/protesters-of-police-stop-and-frisk-practice-are-arrested/ Complaint filed by New York Civil Liberties Union on behalf of Terrence Battle and Munir Pujara in May 2011: www.nyclu.org/files/releases/NYCLU%20TRIP%20Complaint%20%20 (final)%205-26-11.pdf It is also available in three parts here:
Handout 31: Protecting Civil Rights: Guidelines for Law Enforcement
Protecting civil rights: A leadership guide for state, local, and tribal law enforcement by the International Association of Chiefs of Police (September 2006). www.cops.usdoj.gov/files/ric/Publications/e06064100.pdf