Racial Profiling Media

Geht die Polizei gegen Migranten härter vor als gegen Deutsche?

  • April 2, 2018
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in Student, die Eltern stammen aus Marokko, wird von der Polizei innerhalb von zwei Jahren 16 Mal kontrolliert. Eine amerikanische Journalistin mit Kopftuch, die für ein halbes Jahr in Berlin lebt, halten Polizisten insgesamt 23 Mal in dieser Zeit an. Ein portugiesischer IT-Entwickler zählt binnen eines Jahres zwölf Kontrollen, die meisten, wenn er in seinem Wohnort München mit dem Zug ankommt. Erfahrungsberichte wie diese gibt es einige. Die Betroffenen sind überzeugt, von den Beamten aufgrund ihrer Hautfarbe, ihrer Herkunft ausgewählt worden zu sein. Aus der amerikanischen Kriminologie gibt es dafür den Begriff „Racial Profiling” Rechtlich ist die Sache eindeutig, laut…

Ban! Racial Profiling: Gefährliche Orte Abschafen

  • June 16, 2017
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Die Kampagne für Opfer rassistischer Polizeigewalt berichtet. Ab jetzt regelmäßig bei Radio F* und an dieser Stelle nachzuhören. https://www.mixcloud.com/SissiFM/kop-kolumne-1/?utm_campaign=notification_new_upload&play=notification_new_upload&utm_medium=email&utm_source=notification&utm_content=html

Police shooting of Texas teen in moving car violated federal guidance

Chief says killing of Jordan Edwards also violated department’s ‘core values’ and changes official account, saying teens were driving away at time of shooting When a Dallas-area police officer fired shots into a moving car on Saturday night, killing 15-year-old Jordan Edwards, the officer did so in direct violation of federal guidance and widespread police department best practices. Moving targets US police have fatally shot 30 people in moving vehicles this year, despite federal guidelines advising them not to. Why have police departments pulled the trigger on drivers rather than reform? Read more According to the officer’s police chief, he…

Ferguson Protestors to Prosecutors: Reopen Michael Brown Investigation

  • March 22, 2017
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Newly released video casts doubt on claim that Brown robbed convenience store before he was killed by a Ferguson Police Department officer.       On Saturday (March 11), filmmaker Jason Pollock debuted “Stranger Fruit,” his documentary about the death of Michael Brown, at South by Southwest. The film included previously unreleased footage that shows that Michael Brown visited Ferguson Market—the store he was accused of robbing—just hours before his August 2014 death and appeared to conduct a friendly transaction with workers there. Darren Wilson, the former Ferguson Police Department officer who killed Brown, claimed that he approached the unarmed…

Cologne police reject charges of racial profiling, defend New Year’s Eve security tactics

  • February 1, 2017
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In a bid to prevent a repeat of last year’s sex attacks, state police focused on men of North African descent on New Year’s Eve. Police Chief Jürgen Mathies has faced criticism for praising the success of the practice. In the face of a heated debate in Germany over the alleged use of racial profiling during New Year’s Eve celebrations on Sunday, police in the German city of Cologne defended their tactics. Speaking to the press, Police Chief Jürgen Mathies admitted that yes, officers had specifically targeted men who appeared to be of North African extraction to undergo police checks,…

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