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More disturbing news from the ongoing situation in Minneapolis as Brooklyn Park Police Chief Mark Bruley (above) told the press today that ICE agents have detained off-duty police officers demanding “proof of citizenship.”
The alleged civil rights violations include multiple police officers – all of whom are persons of color – and off duty when the encounters took place. Continue reading “Police Chief: ICE Agents Profiling Off-Duty Police Officers Demanding Citizenship Papers”
Via USNews.com:
Trump made the case on the weekend that the U.S. should consider profiling Muslims inside the country as a terrorism-fighting tool, the latest example of his backing positions that could single out a group based on its religion.
“We really have to look at profiling,” Trump told CBS’s “Face the Nation.” ”It’s not the worst thing to do.”
Trump’s proposal runs counter to Justice Department policy, which prohibits profiling on the basis of race, religion, ethnicity and national origin. That profiling ban applies not only to federal agents but also to local law enforcement officers who participate in federal task forces.