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Court blocks racial profiling in Trump-era ICE raids
A federal appeals court ruled Friday night to uphold a lower court's temporary order blocking the Trump administration from conducting indiscriminate immigration stops and arrests in Southern California.
Groups sue to stop Trump administration from using what they call unconstitutional tactics in raids
A federal lawsuit filed Wednesday accuses President Donald Trump's administration of systematically targeting brown-skinned people in Southern California during an ongoing immigration crackdown that has put the region “under siege.”
Report: California cops more likely to stop black drivers
Black drivers in California were stopped by police at 2.5 times the per capita rate of whites and searched three times as often, according to the latest report from a […]
Report: California cops more likely to stop black drivers
Black drivers in California were stopped by police at 2.5 times the per capita rate of whites and searched three times as often, according to the latest report from a […]
Holder issues revised racial profiling rules
The U.S. Justice Department issued rules Monday that expand restrictions on racial and other forms of profiling by federal law enforcement officers.
FBI can keep race data from ACLU, U.S. appeals court rules
The Federal Bureau of Investigation can withhold data from a civil liberties group on its use of ethnic and racial information.
Ladue hires contractor to look at traffic stop data in agreement with NAACP
The city of Ladue has hired an outside contractor to review its traffic stop data as part of an agreement it reached with the NAACP after meetings with the U.S. Department of Justice.
Piece of racial profiling suit against Ladue dismissed, but others proceed
A former police chief will get to proceed with at least part of his lawsuit against the city of Ladue.
Black drivers still stopped more often
Attorney General Chris Koster presents the 2009 Vehicle Stop Report, which gives demographic information on drivers pulled over by police, at a press conference at The Old Post Office in downtown St. Louis. Results from a 10th annual state report that analyzes racial trends in traffic stops found that blacks are 70 percent more likely to be pulled over by police than whites - and that the likeliho[...]
Obama tilts Harvard’s Gates bust away from reality
President Barack Obama should have stopped himself from wading in when asked at his press conference last week about the arrest of his friend, Harvard University scholar Henry Louis Gates […]
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