1. Racial Profiling
The war on drugs has given police a license to target those people who they believe fit the "profile" of a drug dealer or a gang member. ... Statistics prove the use and selling of drugs are not limited to minorities in America; in fact, five times as many whites use drugs. From the outset of the "war on drugs," minorities have been targeted. ... But law enforcement tactics remain concentrated in the inner city, continuing to feed the perception that drug dealers and users are black. ... The practice of profiling has "helped breed a deep...
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