Topic: Profiling

House Passes STOP School Violence Act, Which Threatens to Accelerate School-to-Prison Pipeline
March 21, 2018 – We all want our children to be safer at school, but Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Act of 2018 threatens the civil liberties of students
54 Organizations Demand A Public Hearing on Racism & Violence by Washington DC Police
March 1, 2018 – Defending Rights and Dissent joined with Black Lives Matter DC, the Stop Police Terror project and over 50 other organizations to demand that the DC City Council hold a public hearing outside of work hours, to hear public testimony regarding racism and violence in the Metropolitan Police Department
SARS, CVE and the Gang Database. Chicago Resists Surveillance
December 1, 2017 – The American Friends Service Committee and the Social Justice Initiative at University of Illinois Chicago hosted a “Resisting Surveillance” panel investigating surveillance programs in Chicago, and how communities are resisting these racist, invasive and dangerous practices.
There They Go Again! The FBI Just Can’t Stop Being Racist and Afraid of Dissent
October 31, 2017 – A recently leaked FBI Intelligence Assessment distributed over the summer is evidence that the FBI remains mired in racism and suspicious of dissent.
Resisting Surveillance Forum
August 24, 2017 – Over 120 people came together on a hot muggy Sunday afternoon in August to learn about our government’s Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) programs in Montgomery County, MD, and around the country.
Berkeley Copwatch Demands Release of Racial Profiling Report
May 24, 2017 – Berkeley Police Chief Andy Greenwood has told the Police Review Commission that, although a report on racial profiling has finally been provided to him by the Center for Equity Policing (CPE) he doesn’t want to release it yet. While the chief would lik… [Read More]
More Overreach at DHS. Now CBP Wants to Collect Social Media Info From Chinese Visa Holders
April 18, 2017 – A Customs and Border Patrol proposal to collect social media identifiers of Chinese visa holders is racist and undermines internet freedom and privacy. Take action to oppose the proposal.
Help End Racial and Religious Profiling
March 16, 2017 – With the introduction of the End Racial and Religious Profiling Act of 2017 in both the House and Senate, we have a chance to prohibit such profiling by federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies.
The Long Road to Ending Racial and Religious Profiling
March 8, 2017 – The End Racial and Religious Profiling Act of 2017 is as ambitious as the current atmosphere surrounding racial and religious profiling is terrifying.
One More Salvo in the War on Muslim and Arab American Civil Society
February 26, 2017 – Measures are under consideration in Congress and the Administration to name the Muslim Brotherhood a terror organization but the target isn’t MB. It is US civil society