Ban Racial Profiling by Law Enforcement and Limit Federal Abuses
Racial profiling violates the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments and undermines public safety and community trust in Maryland. Maryland must take affirmative action to ensure existing protections against racial profiling are not eroded and to protect Marylanders from racial profiling and other abuses by federal agents to the maximum extent allowable by law. The US Supreme Court's continued dismantling of bedrock constitutional rights demands that the General Assembly take swift action to codify essential protections against racial profiling in our state law (SB 854/HB 1262).
HB 1262/SB 854 had great hearings in the House and Senate, respectively. Now, we must urge Committee members to place the bill on a vote list and vote “Yes” on a clean bill with no amendments that weaken the bill.