The new immigration law in Arizona has many people watching cops. They believe that racial profiling is already taking place and the this law will give cops even more reason to do so. This law begins in August and it will require every immigrant to carry proof that they are legal. It also will make it illegal to live in Arizona and travel through Arizona illegally. The police will not legally be able confront someone illegal about being an immigrant, they must have a different reason before they can ask for the papers. There are some people who believe that the police racial profile. These people essentially follow cops around, watching what they are doing. The followers will watch the cop pull somebody over, they will record this and take notes on it as well. After the matter, they may follow the vehicle that was pulled over and ask them why the cop pulled them over etc.
I feel like this entire situation dealing with this new immigration law is a bit of a mess. It is a very tricky situation to try to determine if someone is racial profiling or not. I think it is a good thing that they have to have a reason to pull someone over before they can ask them if they are an illegal immigrant, however I don't think it would be that hard for an officer to find a reason. It might be a good idea to have the officers take some sort of test, if any such thing exists, that determines if they judge by race, or things like that. It is good that people are monitoring the cops, but it seems like the people who are monitoring the cops are immigrants themselves, which create a large bias with the situation. I don't see why they don't get the government in there to monitor what is going on.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/05/11/phoenix.copwatch.arpaio/index.html
I feel like this entire situation dealing with this new immigration law is a bit of a mess. It is a very tricky situation to try to determine if someone is racial profiling or not. I think it is a good thing that they have to have a reason to pull someone over before they can ask them if they are an illegal immigrant, however I don't think it would be that hard for an officer to find a reason. It might be a good idea to have the officers take some sort of test, if any such thing exists, that determines if they judge by race, or things like that. It is good that people are monitoring the cops, but it seems like the people who are monitoring the cops are immigrants themselves, which create a large bias with the situation. I don't see why they don't get the government in there to monitor what is going on.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/05/11/phoenix.copwatch.arpaio/index.html
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