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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)
Introduced by: Councilmember Branch
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Informational Hearing - Prohibiting Racial Profiling
FOR the purpose of calling on representatives from the Police Department and Baltimore City Public Schools to appear before the Council to discuss the problem of racial profiling and to explore how to better address this problem through the expansion or creation of effective anti-profiling education programs.
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Racial profiling targeting individuals for suspicion of crime based on race, ethnicity, religion or national origin has undermined relations between law enforcement agencies and communities for far too long. According to ACLU reports, it remains prevalent throughout our nation and contributes to many unwarranted detentions, deaths, and other abuses every year.
Particularly egregious instances of racial profiling in recent years have drawn widespread condemnation of the practice and have led to efforts on both the state and federal level to combat it with legislation. Bills have been introduced in Congress to ban racial profiling by law enforcement personnel, and efforts to develop education programs to root out the baseless prejudices that underlie profiling have been discussed.
However, with the proposed federal legislation stalled in committee, and the State declining to make anti-profiling training mandatory, there is a ...
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