[ [link removed] ]Tell the House of Representatives: Pass the End Racial Profiling Act

The petition to the House of Representatives reads:
"Racial profiling is a national epidemic and violates our Constitution.
Pass the End Racial Profiling Act to ban the targeting and detention of
people of color by federal, state and local law enforcement."

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Dear Jack,

[ [link removed] ]Tell the House of
Representatives: Pass the
End Racial Profiling Act

Mateo Carmelo-Bartolo was shopping with his family when Border Patrol
agents approached him because he looked Central American and was speaking
Spanish. They arrested him, and now he's sitting in an immigrant detention
center facing the risk of deportation.^1

This is a textbook case of racial profiling.

Every single day, Black and Brown people are being targeted by law
enforcement because of their language or the color of their skin – despite
the fact that we are all entitled to equal protection under the law,
regardless of race, ethnicity, religion or national origin. Racial
profiling violates our Constitution and puts the lives of hundreds of
thousands of people at risk. It's time our representatives act now and
pass the End Racial Profiling Act.

[ [link removed] ]Tell the House of Representatives: End racial profiling now. Pass the
End Racial profiling Act. Click here to sign the petition.

Racial profiling is a crisis that has an impact on communities of color at
a striking rate. When police initiate an interaction with a person of
color, they are twice as likely to threaten or use force as in an
interaction with a white person.^2 Encounters with racist police are a
leading cause of death for young Black men.^3 This is a national crisis.

The End Racial Profiling Act would prohibit federal, state and local law
enforcement from targeting a person based on actual or perceived race,
ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity or sexual
orientation without legitimate information linking a person to a crime. It
would also mandate training on racial profiling and codify policies and
procedures to collect data to adequately respond to complaints of racial
profiling and violence. ^4

Even when racial profiling is not deadly, it is wrong. Our country's
history is deeply rooted in racism and systemic oppression. Racial
profiling is a reminder that our present institutions are still rooted in
that history. The lives of people of color are at risk every single day
that our elected representatives refuse to take immediate action on a
federal level to address this crisis. Can you add your name in support of
the End Racial Profiling Act?

Tell the House of Representatives: End racial profiling now. Pass the End
Racial profiling Act. Click the link below to sign the petition:

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Thanks for fighting back,

Thaís Marques, Campaign Manager
[ [link removed] ]CREDO Action from Working Assets

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References:

 1. David Sharp, "[ [link removed] ]Border Patrol agent accused of ‘textbook racial
profiling,’" The Washington Post, Oct. 7, 2019.
 2. Alexi Jones, "[ [link removed] ]Police stops are still marred by racial
discrimination, new data shows," Prison Policy Initiative, Oct. 12,
2018.
 3. Amina Khan, "[ [link removed] ]Getting killed by police is a leading cause of death
for young black men in America," Los Angeles Times, Aug. 16, 2019
 4. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, "[ [link removed] ]H.R.4339 - End Racial Profiling Act of
2019," accessed Oct. 11, 2019.

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