Why Is Racial Profiling, When Law Enforcement Chooses to Stop

question 164

Multiple Choice

Why is racial profiling, when law enforcement chooses to stop and search vehicles and individuals, problematic?

• A) It represents an arbitrary, unequal application of the Second Amendment.
• B) It represents an arbitrary, unequal application of the Fourth Amendment.
• C) It represents an arbitrary, unequal application of the Sixth Amendment.
• D) It represents an arbitrary, unequal application of the Eighth Amendment.

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