An ACLU lawsuit uncovered police data indicating that while 73 percent of suspects pulled over on I-95 between 1995 and 1997 were black, black suspects were no more likely to actually have drugs or illegal weapons in their cars than white suspects.

When racial profiling is used, officers end up wasting their limited time on innocent suspects.

A 2005 report by the Missouri attorney general is testimony to the ineffectiveness of racial profiling. White drivers, pulled over and searched on the basis of suspicious behavior, were found to have drugs or other illegal material 24% of the time. Black drivers, pulled over or searched in a manner that reflected a pattern of racial profiling, were found to have drugs or other illegal material 19% of the time.

Several petitions have been made to create stricter guidelines for police to follow, one includes adding front-facing cameras to helmets, as a way to combat police brutality.

Statistics also show that although minorities are more likely to be searched on probable cause, chances of them being found carrying a weapon or drug paraphernalia is lower.

With slogans such as “No Snitching” and “Kill a Cop” that reflect the mistrust and harbored hatred towards authority figures.

because their relationship had suffered greatly from the harsh treatment during routing stop-and-frisks without cause or explanation

Another study by Epp and colleagues found that African-Americans reported way more disrespectful behavior from police officers than white Americans did, and that they consequently didn’t feel that the police was there to protect them.

NYPD stopped 2.4 million people between 2009 and 2014, of which 150.000 people (6%) were arrested. 16% of these arrests were never prosecuted, and another 10% were dismissed. Only one in fifty (0.1% of all stops) led to a conviction for possession of a weapon, and again only one in fifty (0.1% of all stops) led to a conviction for a crime of violence.

a finding that matches NYPD stats that found 89% of people subjected to stop-and-frisks last year were innocent of any wrongdoing.

The Vera study surveyed 500 men and women ages 18 to 25 in five “highly patrolled neighborhoods” — Bedford-Stuyvesant and East New York in Brooklyn; Jamaica, Queens; East Harlem, and the South Bronx — who said they had been stopped at least once by cops. Of those surveyed, 46% said cops had used physical force on them, and 29% said they were never given a reason for why they were stopped

For every additional time someone was stopped, that person was 8% less likely to report a violent crime, the researchers found

many young adults won’t go to cops to report violent crimes — even when they are the ones victimized.

many parents reported restricting the actions of their children to minimize the risk of experiences of profiling.

In some cases people accept the negative stereotypes that are being applied to their group as true. In other words, they come to see themselves as inferior.

Unfortunately, some individuals’ feelings of mistrust of law enforcement and the justice system has resulted in a feeling of not wanting to go to the police with a problem or not cooperating with the police.

racial profiling seriously erodes public confidence in these institutions

Mistrust can be engendered by personal experiences, witnessing an incident of profiling, knowing someone who has experienced profiling or simply due to the widespread perception that profiling exists in society.

Because the mind is prone to distorting or rejecting scientific information in favour of more intuitive beliefs, simply transmitting the facts will not necessarily persuade people of the safety, or benefits, of GMOs, especially if people have been subjected to emotive, anti-GMO propaganda.

. However, DNA is DNA, whatever its source. The impact of disgust explains why people feel more averse towards GM food than other GM applications, such as GM medicine.

In the paper, we identify several intuitions that may affect people’s perception of GMOs.

Slaughterhouse cameras might seem unfair to the operators. The images might still appeal to emotion and prompt visceral revulsion. Fair enough. But we are not going to decide how we should treat animals through cold reason alone, and certainly not if their treatment is invisible.

Slaughterhouses and confined-feeding operations can be dangerous places. Although the industry surely exaggerates the risk, guerrilla actions are not the safest or best way to spur reflection on how we treat animals.

The most humane way of slaughtering an animal, or dealing with a sick one, may look pretty horrible. But so does open-heart surgery.

With intensive care, the death rate for hemolytic uremic syndrome is 3%-5%.

E. coli is a type of fecal coliform bacteria commonly found in the intestines of animals and humans. E. coli is short for Escherichia coli.

 E. coli O157:H7 was first recognized as a cause of illness during an outbreak in 1982 traced to contaminated hamburgers. Since then, most infections are believed to have come from eating undercooked ground beef.

Lean finely textured beef is safe