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Supreme Court Expands Racial Profiling
The Supreme Court just gave the green light to racial profiling.
No, you didn’t just wake up in the 1950s Jim Crow South — it’s happening today.
This week’s Supreme Court ruling in Vasquez Perdomo v. Noem is a dangerous setback for civil rights. By lifting restrictions on immigration sweeps in Los Angeles, the Court has essentially said that race, accent, location, or type of work can all be used as part of "reasonable suspicion."
What does that mean in practice?
It means communities of color—immigrants and citizens alike—can now be targeted simply for how they look or sound. Justice Sotomayor’s dissent warned that this decision erodes the Fourth Amendment and normalizes discrimination. She’s right.
The fallout will extend far beyond Los Angeles. Once racial profiling is legitimized here, it risks spreading nationwide.
That’s why it’s critical we:
-Know our rights and share them widely.
-Document and report abuses when they happen.
-Support the groups fighting this in court and on the ground.
-Hold local leaders accountable for how enforcement is carried out.
Equal justice cannot mean one set of rules for those who "look American" and another for everyone else. This ruling makes it even more urgent to push back—together.
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