Civil Rights Commission to examine racial profiling of Native Americans
Thursday, June 17, 2004 at 02:13PM
TheSpook
Evidence shows a persistent pattern of Indians
being punished more harshly than white people who commit the same
crimes, of white people not being punished when the victim is Indian
and of an atmosphere in which Indians are regularly stopped and
harassed by law enforcement officials. U.S. Civil Rights Commission
testimony from other areas of the country shows a similar pattern in
reservation border towns, with differences and bias revealed in
political representation, loan and mortgage rates to Indians, education
disparities in quality and success, and predatory sales and lending
techniques practiced on Indian customers. [more]
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