racial profiling

Rick Ector trains new gun owners at a range just outside of Detroit. He supports more African-Americans getting permits to carry concealed weapons.

National

More African-Americans Support Carrying Legal Guns For Self-Defense

2:26pm April 06, 2015

by Martin Kaste

African-Americans are changing their minds about guns, and Detroit's black police chief supports responsible concealed-carry. Still, some remain convinced that having a gun will lead to problems.

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Madison Mayor Paul Soglin addresses a crowd of protesters on Martin Luther King Boulevard in Madison, Wis., during a protest of the shooting death of Tony Robinson.

National

Racial Tension Draws Parallels, But Madison Is No Ferguson

11:03pm March 11, 2015

by Gilman Halsted

There are stark differences between what happened in Madison, Wis., and the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. But protesters say racism is still at the root of Tony Robinson's shooting death.

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President Obama responds to a question from NPR's Steve Inskeep on Dec. 17 in the Oval Office.

Here's Why Obama Said The U.S. Is 'Less Racially Divided'

6:05pm December 30, 2014

by Steve Inskeep

The president says incidents in the past year have "surfaced" long-simmering issues between minority communities and authorities, allowing for a healthy airing of grievances.

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National

Obama Administration Unveils New Limits On Racial Profiling

5:44pm December 08, 2014

by Laura Sullivan

Attorney General Eric Holder says he hopes state and local police will adopt the new guidelines for federal law enforcers.

National

Justice Department Moves To Further Rein In Racial Profiling

9:45am December 08, 2014

by Carrie Johnson

New guidelines being unveiled today will broaden rules for the FBI, ATF, DEA and other federal agencies, that will ban — or nearly ban — profiling by race, gender, religion or sexual orientation.

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A TSA agent checks a bag at a security checkpoint area at Midway International Airport last month. The new federal government guidelines on racial and religious profiling won't apply to the TSA.

National

DOJ To Issue New Federal Rules On Profiling

4:14pm December 06, 2014

by Scott Neuman

The Justice Department's new rules would prohibit some agents from using factors such as religion to profile, but the rules-change doesn't apply at airports or along the border.

Crime

Alamance County Racial Profiling Case Enters Second Week

4:56pm August 19, 2014

An Alamance County Sheriff who is accused of racial profiling is on trial this week in Winston-Salem.

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