Year: 2002
Type: article
Abstract: Until September 11, 2001, almost everyone condemned racial profiling.President Bill Clinton called the practice "morally indefensible" and "deeply corrosive."'President George W. Bush pledged, "[W]e will end it.'A federal court observed, "Racial profiling of any kind is anathema to our criminal justice system."'81 percent of the respondents to a 1999 Gallup poll declared their opposition.4 The horror of September 11 produced a shift in sentiment.Shortly after that date, 58 percent of the respondents to a Gallup poll said that airlines should screen passengers who appeared to be Arabs more intensely than other passengers.'Half the respondents who voiced an opinion favored requiring people of Arab ethnicity, including United States citizens, to carry special identification cards.6 Blacks were more supportive of special scrutiny
Source: bepress Legal Repository
Author: Albert W. Alschuler
Language: English
Topic: Criminal Law and Evidence
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2255587468