It's Criminal to Profile
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On June 27th, 2011, Rochester police chief James Sheppard held a press conference to answer questions about the unlawful arrest of local Rochester resident Emily Good while she was filming a traffic stop in front of her home in the 19th Ward in May of this year. During the conference, the chief maintained that his officer was not using racial profiling, but was instead using "criminal profiling" to determine if the black man in the traffic stop should be detained. Sheppard asserted that there was nothing wrong with criminal profiling and that the RPD would continue the practice with his support.
Rochester Indymedia Coverage of Emily Good's Case: Racial Profiling and the Emily Good Case: We Need Discussion Not Defensiveness | Rochester Police Arrest Citizen for Taping Traffic Stop | Police Harass Community Members Attending Meeting in Support of Emily Good | Good's Home Broken Into on Same Day as Community Member Intimidation by RPD | VIDEO: Rally In Rochester, NY for Police Accountability on 6/27/11 | DA Drops Charge Against Good! | VIDEO: Emily Good Walks Out of Court to Applause By Community | VIDEO: Chief Sheppard Press Conference, June 27, 2011 | Police Union Responds to Good Case with Inaccuracies; Bars Indymedia Access | VIDEO: Emily Good Press Conference July 5, 2011
Additional Information: ACLU's page on racial profiling | Racial Profiling Data Collection Resource Center | Injustice Everywhere: The National Police Misconduct Statistics and Reporting Project | Critical Resistance