http://blogs.detroitnews.com/politics/2013/08/28/transparency-needed-wake-detroit-stop-frisk-news/ Aug 28, 2013, 9:30 am Transparency needed in Detroit stop-and-frisk By Dawud Walid A federal judge recently ruled against the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk program as being unconstitutional because it indiscriminately targeted young black and Latino… Continue Reading
See my recent appearance on the Santita Jackson Show regarding Trayvon Martin and racial profiling. Part #1 Part #2
http://wdet.org/shows/craig-fahle-show/episode/civil-rts-audit-border-issues/ Today from the Craig Fahle Show: Director of Alliance for Immigrants Rights and Reform Ryan Bates, Christian Ramirez, Human Rights Director at Alliance San Diego and the Executive Director of the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations,… Continue Reading
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dawud-walid/end-racial-profiling-act_b_1475470.html Dawud Walid Executive Director, CAIR-MI End Racial Profiling Act: A Smarter Policy Posted: 05/ 3/2012 3:26 pm Our nation has a long history relating to racial and more recently religious profiling by law enforcement, which needs be legally halted… Continue Reading
I spoke on Al-Jazeera English yesterday pertaining to racial and religious profiling by CBP and TSA in wake of the two time Bollywood star Shah Rukn Khan being profiled and CAIR-MI filing a federal lawsuit against these two federal bodies… Continue Reading
I appeared today with Progressive blogger Chris Savage on Democracy Now! hosted by Amy Goodman. GOP politics and racial and religious profiling was discussed. Click here to watch.
Treatment of Latinos, Arabs at US – Canada Border is Focus of Forum February 24, 2012 By Niraj Warikoo Detroit Free Press Staff Writer Immigrant advocates from across the U.S. are in Detroit for a two-day conference aimed at finding ways… Continue Reading
*NOTE* – The co-chairs listed below are of the Imams Committee of the Council of Islamic Organizations of Michigan (CIOM) not CAIR-MI. I am, however, a member of this committee. http://www.freep.com/article/20110728/OPINION04/107280411/Letters-danger-profiling?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Opinion Dangerous assumptions As religious leaders, we condemn the recent… Continue Reading
http://peoplesworld.org/detroit-community-demands-end-to-racial-profiling/ Detroit community demands end to racial profiling by: JOHN RUMMEL july 7 2011 DETROIT – “How does a documented person look? Can a Border Patrol agent tell by physical appearance, or name, if someone is documented or not, a criminal… Continue Reading
CALL GOV SYNDER TO OPPOSE ARIZONA STYLE PROFILING BILL Last week, Michigan House Bill 4305 was introduced by a number of state representatives, which would replicate a bill passed last summer in Arizona that gave local and state law enforcement… Continue Reading