Racial profiling law passes in Connecticut
Source: CNN
A few months after four East Haven police officers were arrested for allegedly targeting and harassing Latinos, Connecticut's state legislature passed a bill Monday to beef up safeguards against racial profiling.
Titled "An Act Concerning Traffic Stop Information," SB 364 mandates that local and state law enforcement agencies adopt their own "written policy that prohibits the stopping, detention or search of any person when such action is solely motivated by considerations of race, color, ethnicity, age, gender or sexual orientation, and the action would constitute a violation of the civil rights of the person."
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Initially passed by the state Senate on April 19, the legislation made it through the House of Representatives on Monday and is now expected to be signed by Gov. Dannel Malloy.
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/07/us/connecticut-racial-profiling/index.html
Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)Not only am I drawn to it for some unknown reason, but I now live in Arizona. Apparently CT's polar opposite, where racial profiling is encouraged and rewarded.
angstlessk
(11,862 posts)I lived in Rhode Island, but all of New England, (then at least) seemed to be so progressive...me being from the south...I always said when New Englander's go south for the winter..they go to Connecticut to ski!
Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)But, ever since I was a kid, I've wanted to live in NE, CT in particular. Past life thing, I'm sure.
I'm originally from Chicago and have been condemned to Hell, AZ.