[Peace] Fwd: [Discuss] Fwd: No more excuse for racial profiling

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> From: Barbara kessel <barkes at gmail.com>
> Date: June 10, 2011 10:53:36 AM CDT
> To: CUCPJ <discuss at communitycourtwatch.org>
> Subject: [Discuss] Fwd: No more excuse for racial profiling
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> From: ACLU of Illinois <acluofillinois at aclu-il.org>
> Date: Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 10:45 AM
> Subject: No more excuses
> To: barkes at gmail.com
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> Dear Barbara,
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> END CONSENT SEARCHES BY ILLINOIS STATE POLICE
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> The time for excuses has past. Earlier this week, the ACLU of  
> Illinois filed a formal complaint with the U.S. Department of  
> Justice 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.
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> No more excuses: Tell Governor Quinn to act today to bar consent  
> searches by the Illinois State Police.
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> 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, 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. 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.
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> Ask Governor Quinn to end racially biased consent searches by the  
> Illinois State Police.
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> 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. The  
> Governor needs to hear from you today. And, we will keep you  
> updated on developments from Washington.
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> Sincerely,
>
> Ed Yohnka
> Director of Communications & Public Policy
> ACLU of Illinois
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