Racial Profiling

Profiling and the Whren decision

Question: Is racial profiling a common practice?  Why or why not?  Explain the arguments for and against it?  What if any impact does the Supreme Court’s decision in Whren v. United States have on racial profiling?  Support your position.

 

Arizona v. Gant, 556 U.S. 332

URL

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/08pdf/07-542.pdf

Davis v. U.S., 564 U.S. 229

URL

https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/9-11328.ZS.html

Search and Seizure: The Exigent Circumstances Exception to the Fourth Amendment Warrant Requirement

URL

https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1600&context=nmlr

Supreme Court Revisits Warrantless Searches

URL

https://www.c-span.org/video/?297527-5/supreme-court-case-search-warrants