Racial Profiling in Sacramento

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This paper notes that the problem of racial profiling has been documented in many American cities, and Sacramento has also been cited as a jurisdiction where the police often use racial profiling in deciding how to combat crime and whom to confront. According to the paper, the problem is often seen in the decision to make a traffic stop for instance leading to the idea that it may be a crime to commit DWB, or driving while black.

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" Legal challenges have been brought to such practices, and some cases from Sacramento show the extent of this problem in that region and how it affects race relations. A challenge raised in 2000 cited the issue of racial profiling as "the illegal targeting of citizens by trace" and stated that this occurred "when officers use race rather then probable cause to stop or arrest suspects" ("'Racial Profiling' Targeted by Black Attorneys" para. 3)."

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