#racial-profiling

#racial-profiling

"Lawlessness cannot come from the government. We're pushing the boundaries here. We're beyond the boundaries and something is going to have to break." Faruqui still took issue with the "charge first, ask questions later" mentality in the U.S. Attorney's office. "The Sixth Amendment doesn't get thrown out the window because the government has decided to make a show of arresting people," said Faruqui and the spectacle the administration has made while throwing out the constitution is "fundamentally damaging to our city."

"Safer today than 60 years ago? Yes, he said on Tuesday Aug. 5. Is there still racial profiling? Yes. But not to the degree it used to be."

The Berkeley Police Department first adopted its fair and impartial policing policy in 2014, aiming to eliminate racial profiling and reduce disparities.

The enactment of Donald Trump's megabill will finance a huge expansion of mass deportations of immigrants, which could become widely unpopular across the nation.

I have no idea why I was targeted. They don't talk to you. They don't give you a reason. You're just left confused, angry and worried.

So immediately I knew they're gonna take me in for questioning. And that's when I felt like I was being racially profiled or targeted because I am Arab.