Thread: OK: Group says Tulsa area profiling Hispanics

[quote]TULSA — The leader of a national Hispanic advocacy organization says Tulsa-area authorities have engaged in racial profiling and that the group plans to report that practice to the U.S. Department of Justice.


Miguel Rivera, the president of the National Coalition of Latino Clergy and Christian Leaders, said he has learned of more than 30 examples during which area residents who are Hispanic have been targeted because authorities suspected they might not have legal immigration documents.

Rivera, speaking Saturday during an immigration information rally organized by the American Dream Coalition, called that practice "racial profiling.â€

[quote="kniggit"][quote]TULSA — The leader of a national Hispanic advocacy organization says Tulsa-area authorities have engaged in racial profiling and that the group plans to report that practice to the U.S. Department of Justice.


Miguel Rivera, the president of the National Coalition of Latino Clergy and Christian Leaders, said he has learned of more than 30 examples during which area residents who are Hispanic have been targeted because authorities suspected they might not have legal immigration documents.

Rivera, speaking Saturday during an immigration information rally organized by the American Dream Coalition, called that practice "racial profiling.â€

Miguel Rivera, I wish your picture was on a milk carton