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Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, has reintroduced his bill to ban racial and religious profiling in all levels of law enforcement, just months after protests over the death of Tyre Nichols, a Black man who died of injuries after being stopped and beaten by Memphis Police officers.

Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, has reintroduced his bill to ban racial and religious profiling in all levels of law enforcement, just months after protests over the death of Tyre Nichols, a Black man who died of injuries after being stopped and beaten by Memphis Police officers. 

WASHINGTON –  U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) Thursday reintroduced the End Racial and Religious Profiling Act of 2023 (ERRPA) that would ban discriminatory profiling by federal, state and local law enforcement nationwide. ERRPA (S. 1084) is designed to promote best practices in community-based policing to strengthen enforcement of the right to equal protection under the law, which is one of our most basic constitutional principles.   “Racial a...

1 of 16 Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin, center, is taken into custody as his attorney, Eric Nelson, left, looks on, after the verdicts were read at Chauvins trial for the 2020 death of George Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn. (Court TV via AP, Pool) PHOTO: Court TV via AP, Pool Former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin reacts as the verdict was read, finding him guilty of all three counts in the death of...

(rtolympic, Saul Loeb/Getty Images: photo montage) The Biden administration is now supporting H.R. 1280, the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, which among other things contains the “End Racial and Religious Profiling Act of 2021.” That part of the proposed law declares, “No law enforcement agent or law enforcement agency shall engage in racial profiling.” Who could be against that? Well, as is often the case with legislation, the devil is in the details. Hans Bader writes at Libert...

Troop vetting for Biden’s inauguration tackles racism in the ranks 326 shares 19/01/2021 - 17:35 US National Guard members at a Jan. 18 dress rehearsal ahead of President-elect Joe Bidens inauguration in Washington, DC. © Reuters - Pool 11 min The FBI vetting of National Guard troops deployed for President-elect Joe Bidens inauguration amid fears of an insider attack has put the current and ...