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Criminal

Oct. 9, 2001

Seeing the Flaws of Gang Profiling

Racial profiling figures prominently in California's campaign against gangs, as many people of color can attest. In encounters that often violate the Fourth and 14th amendments, youths of color regularly are stopped, harassed and interrogated about gang involvement, pressured to claim gang affiliations and forced to line up for photographs.

        By Kenneth J. Sugarman

        Racial profiling figures prominently in California's campaign against gangs, as many people of color can attest. In encounters that often violate the Fourth and 14th amendments, youths of color regularly are stopped, harassed and interrogated about gang involvement, pressured to claim gang affiliations and forced to line up for photographs....

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