1. Racial Profiling and Police Brutality
Some whites have a different view of the justice system than blacks, because whites were not enslaved, mistreated and denied rights in past years. ... In 1857, the ruling in the Dred Scott case, the court ruled that black people could be property, not citizens. ... It also limited the ability for racial groups as a whole to be mistreated. ... Police have been given the power to stop people of different ethnic groups, as long as they have a "hunch". ... Racial profiling against African Americans has been an ongoing battle for this group of people longer than most people may know. ...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate