Racial Profiling in the Iron Triangle
Catheryn Mathews
Three Rivers College
Racial Profiling in the Iron Triangle Discrimination and racial profiling happens every day in the united states by law enforcement and the citizens of our states. There are many reports about racial profiling in law enforcement still going on to this day. Discriminating is against the law in the Untitled States and yet it still happens all the time, making the lives of many American citizens difficult and life threatening. A few examples are Native Americans, Blacks and Arab’s being discriminated for doing nothing besides living their lives. Discrimination is unlawful, immortal and unethical, putting lives at risk for no reason and wasting valuable…show more content… Hebshi was a journalist and a mother of two twins, the passengers became upset when one of the two men near her who looked to also be of Arab descent went to the bathroom. Although there was no reason to believe either of these men or Hebshi was a terrorist except because of their ethnic background. Hebshi says she was terrified and that there should be accountability and changes so this type of thing doesn't happen again. Hoping that the lawsuits she filed against these agencies help with that issue. Racial Profiling took place here with the FBI coming onto the scene when the plane landed, and they handcuffed Hebshi. After a flight attendant was warned the women and two men looked to be of Arab descent. While many of the organizations involved declined to the comment a few of them did. Frontier spokesman Peter Kowalchuck said “employees followed protocol by reporting suspicious activity after "concerns expressed by passengers on the aircraft and our flight attendants.” The Iron Triangle comes into place with law enforcement taking control over a passenger racially profiling another passenger on a
