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1. Decade-long federal oversight of state police for racial profiling ends
(N.J./State)

... of troopers. The consent decree, which went into effect after the State Police was charged with profiling minority drivers on New Jersey highways, was dissolved on a joint motion by Judge Mary L. Cooper ...

2. Corzine signs legislation designed to help end racial profiling
(N.J./State)

Gov. Jon Corzine Thursday signed legislation that makes law the reforms implemented by the State Police to end racial profiling and ensures continued state oversight and monitoring of the troopers. The ...

3. Foundation run by Harvard’s Henry Louis Gates is revising tax return after questions raised
(U.S./Nation)

... when he was arrested at his home by a police officer responding to a report about a possible burglary in progress. The incident ignited a national debate over racial profiling, further magnified when President ...

4. President's ‘Beer Summit' not made in America
(Life/Style)

... uncooperative, charging him with disorderly conduct. While the charge was later dropped, Gates called it an example of racial profiling. Then the President weighed in and said that the police had "acted ...

5. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) not a praised agency
(U.S./Nation)

... - something they are not qualified to do, which leads to racial profiling specifically against Latinos, and is counter-productive to ordinary policing of the community. But the Obama policies are certainly ...

6. Dagli, Van Itallie and Wheeler fill key positions for Corzine administration
(N.J./State)

... the state Senate staff as counsel in 2002, Wheeler was counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee and participated into the panel‘s investigation into racial profiling. Van Itallie, 58, comes to the ...

7. Assembly panel approves bill to monitor State Police
(N.J./State)

An Assembly committee Monday approved legislation that would codify reforms implemented by the State Police to end racial profiling and ensure continued state oversight of the force. The bill, A-3935, ...