The U.S. has for more than a decade forbid federal law enforcement officers from profiling on the basis of "race or ethnicity." Under new guidelines issued Monday by Attorney General Eric Holder, that ...

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Last year, Maryland state troopers searched 533 cars on Interstate 95. More than half of the drivers were black. Ten percent were Hispanic. In all, 63 percent of drivers forced out of their cars were ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Justice Department is likely to expand the definition of racial profiling to bar federal agents from considering religion, national origin, gender and sexual orientation in ...