racial profiling

Aug 4, 2025

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.

Jul 3, 2025

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.”

Jan 3, 2020

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 […]

Jan 3, 2020

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 […]

Dec 9, 2014

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.

Oct 24, 2013

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.

Sep 23, 2010

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.

Jul 20, 2010

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.

Jun 1, 2010

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[...]

Jul 28, 2009

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 […]