ACLU Discovers Racial Profiling in Minnesota, Administration Still Shocked
The Hill dutifully reports the ACLU’s lawsuit against federal agencies in Minnesota for racial profiling and illegal stops, presenting it as breaking news. One might wonder if 'federal agencies' and 'racial profiling' are now synonymous, given the repetitive nature of these allegations. This isn't an isolated incident, but a predictable pattern echoing decades of documented abuses, from the
pre-9/11 'racial dragnet' targeting Arab Americans to sustained targeting of Black and Brown communities by law enforcement nationwide, often under the guise of 'security' or 'immigration enforcement.' (See: Human Rights Watch, 'Racial Profiling: A History of Discrimination'). So, the ACLU is suing. Again. The real story isn't that federal agencies are accused of racial profiling; it's that
mainstream media continues to frame these accusations as novel controversies, rather than systemic features of institutions repeatedly built upon and funded to execute such tactics. How many lawsuits does it take to acknowledge a systemic problem?