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1440 Broadway
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Phone: 1-212-204-4000
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Website:
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This site contains
articles and links to other sites with information about racial profiling.
American Civil
Liberties Union
Executive Director: Norman Siegel
125 Broad Street, 17th Floor
New York, NY 10004
Phone: 1-212-344-3005
Website: www.aclu.org/profiling/
"The American Civil
Liberties Union (ACLU) is our nation's guardian of liberty, working daily in courts,
legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties
guaranteed to all people in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United
States."
The ACLU site lists and
discusses the legislative efforts that are going on to combat racial profiling. It also
has a list of current events and articles regarding the issue.
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Amnesty
International USA
322 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY 10001
Phone: 1-212-807-8400
Fax: 1-212-627-1451
Email: aimember@aiusa.org
Website: www.amnestyusa.org/rightsforall/police/
"Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) is the
U.S. Section of this international human rights movement. Amnesty International works to:
free all prisoners of conscience detained anywhere for their beliefs or because of their
ethnic origin, sex, colour or language -- who have not used or advocated violence, ensure
fair and prompt trials for political prisoners, abolish the death penalty, torture and
other cruel treatment of prisoners, and end extra judicial executions and
'disappearances'."
This site offers a
comprehensive review of the issues involved in police misconduct. It also includes helpful
links and articles to help you educate yourself.
The Gallup Organization
The Gallup Building
47 Hulfish Street
Princeton, NJ 08542 USA
Phone: 1-800-888-5493 or 1-609-924-9600
Fax: 1-609-924-0228
Email: sarah_van_allen@gallup.com
Website: www.gallup.com/poll/releases/pr991209.asp
"The Gallup
Organization is one of the world's largest management consulting firms. Gallup's core
expertise is in measuring and understanding human attitudes and behavior. Gallup applies
this expertise to help companies improve business performance by leveraging their employee
and customer assets. Gallup also conducts The Gallup Poll, the world's leading source of
public opinion since 1935."
This site contains a 1999
Gallup Poll that describes the prevalence of racial profiling and offers a lot of
interesting statistics.
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Human Rights Watch
350 Fifth Avenue
34th floor
New York, NY 10118-3299
Phone: (212) 290-4700
Fax: (212) 736-1300
Email: hrwnyc@hrw.org
Web site: www.hrw.org/reports98/police/index.htm
"Human Rights
Watch is dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world. We stand
with victims and activists to prevent discrimination, to uphold political freedom, to
protect people from inhumane conduct in wartime, and to bring offenders to justice. We
investigate and expose human rights violations and hold abusers accountable. We challenge
governments and those who hold power to end abusive practices and respect international
human rights law. We enlist the public and the international community to support the
cause of human rights for all."
This site
outlines the issue of police misconduct and gives recommendations for what you can do. It
also has a comprehensive list of cities in which police misconduct is a large issue and
discusses the actions that are being taken there.
New York Civil Liberties Union
125 Broad Street
17th Floor
New York, NY 10023
Phone: 1-212-344-3005
Fax: 1-212-344-3318
Web site: www.nyclu.org/brutality.html
"The NYCLU is a
not-for-profit organization dedicated to preserving and enhancing the principles and
values embodied in the Bill of Rights, the U.S. Constitution, and the New York State
Constitution. Our mission has been to defend the fundamental civil liberties values of
freedom of speech, equal protection and due process of the law."
The NYCLU
website includes a resolution to ameliorate issues of police misconduct in
New York City. It also outlines its proposals for the future.
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