Perspective
Jan. 26, 2012
The dangerous failings of Secure Communities in Los Angeles
The Secure Communities program promotes a kind of policing that can lead to racial profiling. By Edgar Aguilasocho and David Rodwin of the University of California, Irvine School of Law
Late one summer evening, "TS," a young man in his late 20s, and his family were watching television at home when an unknown man with a gun ran in through their front door and out the back of the house. Police officers followed the man in pursuit. Arriving at TS' home and believing that he was the man they had been chasing, they placed TS under arrest and took him to jail.
As they do with every arrestee...
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