Legal Opinion
Christopher v. Nestlerode
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided June 22, 2005No. CIV.A. 104CV0977PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
CONNER, District Judge.
“Racial profiling” has become a familiar phrase in the last decade. Debate has swirled over the existence and persistence of the practice, in which law enforcement officials target individuals for investigation or detention based on race.1 The issue also pervades this case. Raphael Christopher asserts that members of a county sheriffs department stopped his vehicle and issued him a traffic citation because he was an African-American driving an expensive car in the wrong neighborhood. The officers, as might be expected, dispute these charges.
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Christopher v. NestlerodeDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 2005