More must be done to curtail racial profiling during police stops, clergy members tell N.J.’s top court
Updated May 06, 2021;
Dozens of New Jersey clergy are asking the state’s top court to more explicitly ban racial profiling during police stops, arguing that Black residents disproportionately endure scrutiny that causes “tremendous damage” to “entire communities.”
The Supreme Court should block officers from detaining people who only match the race and gender of a suspect, 66 ministers, rabbis and one imam wrote Monday to the seven justices.
A “description containing only race, gender, or other extremely common features, without more, cannot contribute to a finding of reasonable, articulable suspicion,” the brief said.