DOJ: Racial Profiling by LAPD Still a Problem

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Old Nov 15th, 2010, 02:00 PM   #1
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Default DOJ: Racial Profiling by LAPD Still a Problem

The Department of Justice recently sent a letter to the Los Angeles Police Department raising concerns that LAPD still has a "culture that is inimical to race-neutral policing."

In the wake of the Rodney King incident, the Los Angeles Police Department became synonymous in some circles with racial profiling.

Is the issue ancient history?

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About 250 complaints of racial profiling by the LAPD are filed annually, LAT reports, but police leaders contend that because racial profiling hinges on what an officer was thinking in the moment, it is all but impossible to determine if he or she racially profiled someone unless there is a confession.
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