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The first hate cime law is passed.
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The U.S. Senate passes the Hate Crimes Statistics Act by a 92-4 vote.
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Black drivers (4.5%) were twice as likely as White drivers (2.1%) to be arrested during a traffic stop.
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African Americans are the group greatist to hate crimes in 1996 60% of hate crimes were because of race.
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1996 30% of hate crimes were vandalizing, stealing, or setting fire to homes, cars and stores.
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Hate crime prevention act.
The hate crime prevention act is reniterduced into the house and senate. -
1999 San diego started to track race in traffic stops.
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"By far the largest determanite of hate crimes is racial bias"
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"Racial profiling punishes innocent individuals for the past actions of those who look and sound like them"
Benjamin Todd Jealous -
"All over the united states police oficers are making split decisions on whome to pull over."
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Barack oboma passed the hate crime prevtion act
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Between January 2004 and June 2012, the NYPD conducted more than 4.4 million stops; of those stopped, 88 percent were completely innocent of any offense.
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officers may still rely on cultural stereotypes and act on their perceptions of a person's characteristics.
Natinal institurte of justice. Expert opinion. -
Getting stoped because of what you look like is a legal issue on its own.
Racial profiling by law enforcement is commonly defined as a practice that targets people for suspicion of crime based on their race, ethnicity, religion or national origin.
