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Obama’s Time as State Senator Offers Clues on Feelings About Trayvon Martin Case

WASHINGTON — In 1999, a fresh-faced state senator on Chicago’s South Side heard constituents complain that police were free to pull over drivers because they were black. So Barack Obama proposed a bill...

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Local Lawmakers Seek To End Legal Racial Profiling

LANHAM, Md. (CBSDC) — The death of Trayvon Martin is one reason behind renewed efforts by 17 U.S. Senators and 40 Representatives, including seven local lawmakers, to pass a bill that aims to end legal...

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Report Calls for Review of D.C. Tinted Window Law

WASHINGTON — A new report says District of Columbia police officers need better training on enforcing the law on tinted vehicle windows. The report from the Police Complaints Board also says the mayor...

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Macy’s to Pay $650,000 in Shopper-Profiling Probe

ALBANY, N.Y. — The retailer Macy’s has agreed to pay $650,000 to settle allegations of racial profiling at its flagship store in Manhattan’s Herald Square. Under the agreement signed Tuesday with New...

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Holder Announces Plan To Target Racial Profiling

ATLANTA (AP) — Speaking at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta — the church where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. preached — U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said Monday that he will soon unveil...

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Obama Administration Releases New Racial Profiling Guidance To Law Enforcement

WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) — The Obama administration issued guidelines Monday that ban federal law enforcement from profiling on the basis of religion, national origin and other characteristics, protocols...

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U.S. Unveils Federal Law Enforcement Profiling Ban

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration issued guidelines Monday that ban federal law enforcement from profiling on the basis of religion, national origin and other characteristics, protocols the Justice...

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Driving While Black? App Developers Aim to Help

PORTLAND, Ore. — Though the developers of the soon-to-be released “Driving While Black” smartphone application want motorists to download their product, there is a time when they definitely don’t want...

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Judge Awards Court Fees in Racial Profiling Case

BALTIMORE — A Maryland judge has granted full court costs and attorney fees to plaintiffs in a case seeking records of racial profiling complaints against the Maryland State Police. The ruling Tuesday...

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Fashion Chain Zara Accused Of Racially Profiling Customers

(CBS DC) – Fashion store chain Zara is making headlines again after a report released Monday suggested that it profiles black shoppers and treats employees of color unequally. On Populardemocracy.org...

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Stores Using Shoplifting-Reporting App Accused Of Racial Profiling

WASHINGTON (CBSDC) — Some businesses in a trendy, upscale part of Washington, D.C., are being accused of racial profiling after statistics from a shoplifting-reporting app were revealed. Mobile app...

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Man Claims He Was Pulled Over, Profiled for Being White

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — An Annapolis man is suing the city, accusing police officers of unlawfully stopping and searching his vehicle several times because he was a white man in a neighborhood with...

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