On the recordJune 6, 2001
I rise on this special day to talk about an issue that I think defines our health as a society--the issue of racial profiling. The practice of racial profiling is the antithesis of America's belief in fairness and equal protection under the law. Stopping people on our highways, our streets, and at our borders because of the color of their skin tears at the very fabric of what it is to be an American. We are a nation of laws, and everyone should receive equal protection under the law. Our Constitution tolerates nothing less. We should demand nothing less. There is no equal protection, there is no equal justice, if law enforcement agencies engage in policies and practices that are premised on a theory that the way to stop crime is to go after black and brown people on the hunch that they are more likely to be criminals.
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