Racial Profiling
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Laboratories in China are mining DNA samples to map faces with help from the West
•Uighurs and human rights groups have said authorities collected DNA samples, images of irises and other personal data during mandatory health checks.
Two black men arrested at Starbucks speak out after apology from police; racial profiling storms back into US headlines
Fp Staff •Nelson and Robinson, best friends since the fourth grade, were led away in handcuffs from the coffee shop in the city's well-to-do Rittenhouse Square neighborhood, in an incident recorded on a white customer's cellphone.
Donald Trump doubles down on Sheriff Joe Arpaio pardon, calls him a patriot
•President Donald Trump on Monday defended his decision to pardon Joe Arpaio, calling the former Arizona sheriff a "patriot" who loves his country.
UK police target 7-year-old Muslim schoolboy over 'bullet'; family allege case of 'racial profiling'
•British police drove up to a seven- year-old Muslim boy's home after his school alerted them over a piece of brass they mistook for a bullet, prompting the family to allege that it was a case of "racial profiling".
‘You’ll sell it to the Taliban’: Indian sues US car dealer for refusing to sell him a Mercedes Benz
Choudhury •50-year-old Surjeet Bassi, an Indian national is suing a New Jersey car dealership for $1.26 million for allegedly refusing to sell him a Mercedes Benz for fear that he might ship it to the Taliban
Baton Rouge shooting: Three officers killed; suspect Gavin Long dead
•Three Baton Rouge law enforcement officers investigating a report of a man with an assault rifle were killed on Sunday, less than two weeks after a black man was fatally shot by the police in a confrontation that sparked nightly protests that reverberated nationwide.
EgyptAir Flight MS804 downed: Where and when will the next air murder take place?
Bikram Vohra •No one can second guess what happened to EgyptAir Flight 804 but an A320 does not stop flying mid-air unless someone interferes with the crew or controls.
South Carolina shooting: Cop who shot man in back had prior excessive force complaint
Fp Archives •The South Carolina police officer charged with murder after video surfaced of him shooting a fleeing suspect in the back was allowed to stay on the force despite an earlier complaint he used excessive force against an unarmed man.
Police officer guns down black teen in St Louis, Missouri
Fp Archives •Berkeley is minutes away from the suburb of Ferguson, where police officer Darren Wilson shot Michael Brown, a killing that ignited protests across the country against police methods.
Chokehold death: In California, protesters bring train to a standstill
Fp Archives •The California Highway Patrol said in a tweet that some in the crowd tore down fencing to enter the freeway.