Police Racism Flashcards
What is the wrong with the police – suspect dichotomy?
The police officer sees a certain race in a certain neighborhood and immediately believe they are a criminal. And vice versa suspect think police he perceives suspect as a criminal.
How does race / identity affect an encounter?
Police think people are negatively perceiving them as an officer.
Black folk think the police officer perceives him as a criminal.
Therefore, two destructive perceptions are likely to collide and cause issues.
Black people are MORE likely to feel seized. 4 A protects whites more than blacks.
WHAT A REASONABLE WHITE PERSON THINKS IS DIFFERENT THAN A REASONABLE BLACK PERSON.
What does Carbado say?
Black folks are stopped disproportionately because the 4 A allows for racial profiling pursuant to Whren. Can designate black neighborhood as a hub to pull people over.
Problem with Wren
We should have other people, not officers, in charge of enforcing traffic laws. To prevent enforcing traffic laws as a pretext for crime control.
What’s wrong with the reasonable person?
Race is important factor that could heighten a person’s sense of constraint in the context of a police encounter.
The reasonable person should be race specific.
What’s wrong with the reasonable person?
Race is important factor that could heighten a person’s sense of constraint in the context of a police encounter.
The reasonable person should be race specific.
Sotomayor Strieff Dissent
An excuse for police to arbitrarily stop people on the street for no reason ask for ID and hope that there is a search warrant.
What should minorities be taught to do to combat this systemic issue?
When racist stop occurs, just ask for badge # and name and then file a complaint.
Wardlow
unprovoked flight + high crime neighborhood == RAS
You also might be able to do a squeeze.
