Racial profiling victims ask lawmakers for hearing on #LivingWhileBlack [View all]
Victims of racial profiling incidents are sending a letter to the leaders of the House and Senate Judiciary committees to ask for a congressional hearing on the issue #LivingWhileBlack.
Former Obama staffer Darren Martin, who started the viral hashtag #MovingWhileBlack after he was confronted by police officers while moving into an apartment in New York City, has joined together with other black individuals who have had the police called on them while doing innocuous things.
On Monday, Martin and several other racial-profiling victims sent a letter to the House and Senate Judiciary committees requesting a hearing on racial profiling before the August recess.
“These egregious affronts on human rights, eerily reminiscent of some of the darkest chapters in our nation’s history, are the sad reality for Black people in America,” the letter reads. “We would request that this new hearing widen the focus from just the police, as in previous hearings, to addressing prejudice and profiling from public companies to private citizens, as well.”
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