!!!!Meet The 17-Year-Old Who Blew The Lid Off Racial Profiling With His iPod

http://www.upworthy.com/meet-the-17-year-old-who-blew-the-lid-off-racial-profiling-with-his-ipod?c=reccon1

This is a totally different topic than what we have been discussing in class. Watching this video made me so conflicted with what I thought about racial profiling from the perspective of law enforcement. On one hand people of a minority race have to deal with being pulled over and searched mainly because of their race, but on the other hand police officers are trying to meet a quota that threatens their lively hood. What is right and what wrong? Obviously the police officer that was recorded was way out of line and abused his powers, but does his actions represent all officers? What role does the quota play in an officers actions? What do you think the officers should do? Even though the officers have to deal with a quota, are their justifications valid? Here is the 2012-2013 demographics of NYC.

Population By Races

Race Population % of Total Total Population 19,378,102 100 White 12,740,974 65 Hispanic or Latino 3,416,922 17 Black or African American 3,073,800 15 Some Other Race 1,441,563 7 Asian 1,420,244 7 Two or More Races 585,849 3 American Indian 106,906 < 1% Three or more races 42,944 < 1% Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander 8,766 < 1% Native Hawaiian 1,802 < 1% Alaska Native tribes 283 < 1%

http://suburbanstats.org/population/how-many-people-live-in-new-york

I'm a little upset that I found this video so late in the semester because I want to have a in-class discussion on this but the only class we have is the final. Maybe an online discussion?