Constitutional Law

MA; Supreme Judicial Court allows use of statistical evidence of racial profiling
SJC allows use of statistical evidence of racial profiling By DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press 05/21/2008 Daily Hampshire Gazette BOSTON - Drivers who are stopped by police and suspect racial profiling can use statistical information to make their case, and if...

Debate without definition
Richard Ford at Slate's Convictions writes about a new announcement from the LAPD that a departmental investigation into more than 300 accusations of alleged racial profiling found that none could be sustained...

LAPD and racial profiling
How many allegations of racial profiling were investigated by Los Angeles police last year: 320 How many were found to have merit: The Los Angeles Time has more here. It's provoking different reactions from people...

Racial Profiling and the Exclusionary Rule
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals filed an interesting and potentially important decision this week in U.S. v. Nichols, 2008 WL 123815 (6th Cir., Jan. 15 2008). Charged with possession of a firearm, Nichols claimed ?racial profiling? when the police conducted a warrant check on him, but the Fourth Amendment could provide no remedy even if the claim was true because Nichols had not been searched or seized yet...

Arizona Panel To Act On Racial Profiling After Public Concerns Rise
Source: Crime and Justice News, March 7, 2007. "A civil-rights panel will urge Arizona police agencies to take more steps to combat racial profiling after community leaders raised concerns last night that the discriminatory police practice is growing, says the Arizona Republic...

Ill. lower court holds complaints about racial profiling of customers was not protected activity
Denham v. Saks, Inc., ___F.Supp. 2d___(D. Ill. July 30, 2008), is an important decision to be aware of. A lower federal court held that a discharged African-American employee's claim of reprisal for complaining about racial profiling of African-American customers by...

Discrimination
Federal laws prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability

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Personal Injury
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Kamehameha Schools
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Employee Discrimination
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John Hancock
$24 Million Settlement in Racial Discriminaton Class Action