In the United States (U.S.) there are so many things that are detrimental to our health. Artificial sweeteners, char-grilled meat, smog and more are all bad for our health. The New York City government just implemented a ban on all sodas over 16 oz. The logic is since soda contains a high amount of sugar [...]
MC Hammer Charges Dropped After Racial Profiling Allegations
March 10, 2013 | Posted by
Did the MC Hammer strategy of accusing the police of racial profiling actually work? Apparently it did because the Dublin, California police department is dropping all of Hammers charges. The old school rapper took to Twitter to update his fans on what happened with that recent arrest he earned out in Dublin. According to his [...]
Did Racial Profiling Lead to the MC Hammer Arrest?
February 24, 2013 | Posted by
MC Hammer was arrested Thursday night and it seems like real reason for his arrest is under question – was it racial profiling or his own unruly behavior? MC Hammer and the police officer in question have completely different stories that pin the other person as being in the wrong. The famous 1980s/1990s rapper and [...]
Officers Cleared in Tyler Perry Racial Profiling Investigation
September 14, 2012 | Posted by
CNN has reported that two officers who were under investigation for possibly profiling Actor and Director Tyler Perry, have been cleared of any possible wrongdoing. The incident occurred in February of this year when Tyler Perry was pulled over in Southwest Atlanta after leaving his studio near Greenbriar Mall. Mr. Perry admits to making an [...]
Officers Cleared In Tyler Perry Racial Profiling Investigation
September 12, 2012 | Posted by
Tyler Perry Profiling – Tyler Perry never formally requested an investigation after a traffic stop nearly five months ago but his tirade on Facebook after the incident forced the Atlanta Police Department to take action. “RACIAL PROFILING SHOULD BE A HATE CRIME INVESTIGATED BY THE FBI!!! One evening in early April Tyler made an illegal [...]
Psychology Professor Explores the Science Behind Racial Profiling
June 8, 2012 | Posted by
In an article in Psychology Today, professor Arthur Dobrin outlines the basics of racial profiling. Dobrin, who grew up in Brooklyn’s Brownsville neighborhood some years ago, wrote that the numbers associated with the profiling by the police, specifically with the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk program, tell a tale that cannot be simply glossed over. The vast majority [...]
Bill O’Reilly Defends Racial Profiling Crime Technique In New York
June 6, 2012 | Posted by
Fox’s Bill O’Reilly admits the “stop and frisk” policy Gov. Andrew Cuomo is seeking to have abolished in New York is racist, but supports it nonetheless. On the network’s show, “Fox & Friends,” O’Reilly said that O’Reilly said: “This is about racism. This is a racial story, not a drug story. Brought crime way down [...]
College Students Use Racial Profiling, Too—But Clothing Choices Minimize It
May 15, 2012 | Posted by
Most college students—both black and white—use clothing to judge whether another person may be a threat to them, according to an ABS survey of students at Atlanta colleges. The ABS investigation revealed that 128 of the 150 students surveyed from Atlanta area colleges and universities—including Georgia State, Spelman, Morehouse, Valdosta, Clark-Atlanta and the Art Institute [...]
NYPD’s Own Data Proves Massive Racial Profiling
May 11, 2012 | Posted by
A report from the New York Civil Liberties Union released Wednesday confirmed a trend that New York City minorities are all too aware of: the racial profiling of blacks and Latinos by the NYPD. The NYCLU published an analysis of the NYPD’s own reports on the stop-and-frisk program from 2002 to 2011, coinciding with the [...]
Tyler Perry Forces Police Investigation Over Traffic Stop
April 5, 2012 | Posted by
Tyler Perry‘s voice carries weight. The film director, producer and writer shared his personal experience of what he believed was racial profiling at the hands of two white police officers earlier this week. According to Tyler he knowingly made an illegal left turn to confirm he wasn’t being following – a procedure he learned from [...]
