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<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Barbara kessel <<a href="mailto:barkes@gmail.com">barkes@gmail.com</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">June 10, 2011 10:53:36 AM CDT</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">CUCPJ <<a href="mailto:discuss@communitycourtwatch.org">discuss@communitycourtwatch.org</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[Discuss] Fwd: No more excuse for racial profiling</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">ACLU of Illinois</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:acluofillinois@aclu-il.org">acluofillinois@aclu-il.org</a>></span><br> Date: Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 10:45 AM<br>Subject: No more excuses<br>To: <a href="mailto:barkes@gmail.com">barkes@gmail.com</a><br><br><br> <div><p align="center"><font size="1">View this email <a href="http://il.aclu.org/site/R?i=SAqKAODjUbKTpA0_rnMWxA.." target="_blank"><font size="1">online</font></a>.</font></p> <table width="600" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" border="0"> <tbody><tr> <td height="109"> <a href="http://il.aclu.org/site/R?i=aIHCv0R2mo1Hxz7MWec-aA.." target="_blank"><img style="display:inline-block" border="0" alt="" width="190" height="109"></a><img style="display:inline-block" border="0" alt="ACLU of IL action alert" width="410" height="109"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <table width="*" cellpadding="8" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#FAFDFF"> <tbody><tr valign="top"> <td width="*"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="8" bgcolor="#fafdff"> <tbody> <tr valign="top"> <td width="*"><br><p>Dear Barbara,</p> <table style="margin:0pt 0pt 10px 10px;width:199px" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="right"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="*" height="4"> <img style="display:block" alt="" width="199" height="4"> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="padding:0pt 15px" width="*" align="center" bgcolor="#dce7ed"> <h2>END CONSENT SEARCHES BY ILLINOIS STATE POLICE</h2><p><a title="Science, Not Ideology: Support House Bill 3027 (formerly SB 1619)" href="http://il.aclu.org/site/R?i=3XiscnbOz1Huq0i0eguXVw.." target="_blank"><img border="0" alt="Take action! " width="160" height="40" align="middle"></a></p><p><a href="http://il.aclu.org/site/R?i=VJMy2NUjoPygu_YeptBeRg.." target="_blank">Download the complaint</a></p><p style="text-align:left"><strong>Read more:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:left"><a href="http://il.aclu.org/site/R?i=pqMaIvQnrm4TLorz1FuFVQ.." target="_blank">Huffington Post</a></li> <li style="text-align:left"><a href="http://il.aclu.org/site/R?i=CGWVGEzhp66_nHmr6VqXhA.." target="_blank">Chicago Tribune</a></li> </ul><p style="text-align:left"><strong>Share:</strong></p><p style="text-align:center"><a href="http://il.aclu.org/site/R?i=uWM-IyN4jgt8EvN1cRyopg.." target="_blank"><img border="0" alt="Twitter" width="40" height="40"></a> or <a href="http://il.aclu.org/site/R?i=ZfU6K6AD5zF73-et4tiXJA.." target="_blank"><img border="0" alt="Facebook" width="40" height="40"></a></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="*" height="4"> <img style="display:block" alt="" width="199" height="4"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><p>The time for excuses has past. Earlier this week, the ACLU of Illinois filed a <a href="http://il.aclu.org/site/R?i=tiS-VkbTz41l0u-zBRC7dQ.." target="_blank">formal complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice</a> asking the Civil Rights Division to launch an investigation into lingering signs of racial profiling by the Illinois State Police. Our complaint notes that data collected and reported over the past several years demonstrate that ISP troopers are more likely to ask Hispanic and African motorists for consent to search their vehicles, but more likely to find contraband when consent searching a car driven by a Caucasian. </p><p><strong><a title="Ask Governor Quinn to Curtail Racial Profiling by Illinois State Police" href="http://il.aclu.org/site/R?i=RW6och-Yaf57-yYQEMeB6g.." target="_blank">No more excuses: Tell Governor Quinn to act today to bar consent searches by the Illinois State Police.</a></strong> <br> <br>The data showing the disparate impact on drivers of color is available because of efforts made by President Barack Obama when he was in the Illinois Senate to pass legislation requiring collection and analysis of this data. Between 2004 and 2009, <strong>Hispanic motorists were 2.7 to 4.0 times more likely than white motorists to be asked for consent to search their car, while African Americans were 1.8 to 3.2 times more likely to be asked</strong>. Remarkably, white motorists who consent to searches by ISP troopers were far more likely to have contraband in their cars than Hispanic or African American motorists. <br> <br><strong><a title="Ask Governor Quinn to Curtail Racial Profiling by Illinois State Police" href="http://il.aclu.org/site/R?i=nG8MMsppOQKJAzBPoVG7kg.." target="_blank">Ask Governor Quinn to end racially biased consent searches by the Illinois State Police</a>. </strong><br> <br>State officials have known about this problem for years and failed to respond. That is why we asked the Department of Justice to intervene. Governor Pat Quinn can address the situation simply by issuing an executive order ending this discriminatory practice. <strong>The Governor needs to hear from you today.</strong> And, we will keep you updated on developments from Washington.</p><p>Sincerely,<br><img border="0" alt="Ed Yohnka Transparent" width="150" height="100"><br>Ed Yohnka<br>Director of Communications & Public Policy<br>ACLU of Illinois</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="*" bgcolor="#DDE8EE" style="padding:15px 20px"><p style="display:inline"><a href="http://il.aclu.org/site/R?i=pvPvLsQVd792bsYlUe6scw.." target="_blank"><img alt="Join ACLU of IL" width="160" height="40" border="0" align="right" style="margin:0 0 5px 15px"></a><strong>Read more about the ACLU of Illinois' activities on our blog, <a href="http://il.aclu.org/site/R?i=dY6v_mx-jrvgTNMzga429w.." target="_blank"><img alt="" width="16" height="16" border="0">the ACLU Insider</a>. 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