Profiling and Individual Liberty

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This paper examines how profiling has become a major issue in political, legal, and social circles as security concerns arise amid rumors of further terrorist activities and the increasing incidence of terrorist attacks in various parts of the world. It looks at how the government believes that profiling is an important tool that can help law enforcement agencies identify potential risks and threats to national security. In contrast, it examines how profiling can be considered a blatant violation of civil rights and how the government refuses to discuss the issue at a national level, claiming that liberty has not been restricted or compromised because of anti-terrorism measures.

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"In the aftermath of September 11 attacks, United States citizens suddenly found themselves at a crossroad. Should we relinquish privacy for national security or should we protect our personal liberties more? Many citizens were converted to government's ideology that privacy shouldn't be our concern when a compelling state interest requires that we relinquish liberty. People especially those associated with the media began vehemently supporting the practice of profiling after years of condemning it as something unlawful. Since the terrorists were identified as Arab Muslims, the Muslim community in the United States was subjected to unlawful interrogation, false arrests and forced detention. It was all because of the practice of profiling that turned Arabs Muslims and Muslims in general into potential threats to national security."

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