Racial profiling and law enforcement : America in black and white / ABC News Productions.

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DWB: Driving While Black. For many African-Americans, simply having dark skin seems to be grounds for being pulled over on the highway and searched for drugs. Police call it "profiling," based on years of successful drug interdiction through traffic stops, but angry and humiliated victims call it "r...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Films on Demand.
Corporate Authors:	ABC News Productions Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm) Infobase
Language:	English
Published:	New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2006], ©1998.
Series:	Films on Demand.
Subjects:	Law enforcement. Prejudices. Stereotypes (Social psychology) Educational films. Internet videos.
Genre:	Educational films. Internet videos.
Online Access:	Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Films On Demand @ Infobase)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (41 min.) : sound, color, digital file.
Variant Title:	America in black and white
Format:	Electronic Video

Contents:

Black Officer is Arrested (4:18)
Impracticality of Profiling (2:05)
Lawsuits (4:38)
Humiliation and Retaliation (4:50)
Resentment and Distrust (3:39)
Legal and Illegal Profiling (2:39)
Drug and Contraband Couriers (3:18)
Traffic Stops as Deterrence (3:16)
Christopher Darden's Story (4:43)
Making the Case for Profiling (5:18)