Obama administration announces ban on racial profiling

The US Attorney General has announced a new ban on racial profiling by federal officers. The measure is a welcome change, but not nearly enough, say civil rights advocates.

After days of unrest over the failure to indict two white police officers over the deaths of two unarmed African Americans, on Monday Barack Obama’s administration issued a ban on racial profiling by law enforcement. The measure forbids federal officers from profiling individuals based on their ethnicity, religion, race, nationality, sexual orientation or gender.
 
 
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