The Bush administration has not kept its promise to end Racial Profiling

Thursday, July 15, 2004 at 11:52AM
TheSpook

• White House Disregards the End Racial Profiling Act

When the End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) was first introduced by Rep. John Conyers (with bipartisan support) in 2001, both President Bush and Attorney General John Ashcroft expressed their support for ending racial profiling. In fact, eradicating racial profiling by law enforcement was one of President Bush's campaign promises. However, in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, this legislation languished and finally died. In the meantime, under the banner of the "war on terror," the Bush Administration has instituted discriminatory practices targeting individuals of Middle Eastern descent -- and immigrants and racial minorities generally -- that appear to violate protections against discrimination under US and international law. [more]

• In 2002 in Bush's address to Congress, he called for an end to racial profiling by saying: "It's wrong and we will end it in America." He's done nothing so far.[more] and [more]
  
• Bush Directs Ashcroft To Review Racial Profiling Procedures (2002) [more]

Article originally appeared on (http://brownwatch.com/).