An Update on Racial Profiling

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Guest Host:

Steve Roberts
An Update on Racial Profiling

Police dropped disorderly conduct charges against a leading African American scholar at Harvard. But his arrest after being mistaken for a burglar has fueled the ongoing debate about racial profiling.

Police dropped disorderly conduct charges against a leading African American scholar at Harvard. But his arrest after being mistaken for a burglar has fueled the ongoing debate about racial profiling.

Guests

Dayo Olopade

Washington correspondent, TheRoot.com

Dennis Parker

director of the ACLU's Racial Justice Program

Lorie Fridell

associate professor of criminology, University of South Florida

Mike Edes

chairman, National Troopers Coalition

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