Crackdown on playing soccer.While legislators debated immigration reforms in Congress, police arrested eight Latino day laborers who were playing soccer on a field near an elementary school elementary school: see school. in Brewster, NY. The men were charged with trespassing, and one from Guatemala was placed into deportation proceedings. Some residents charged that the arrests were racist, since white residents have never been arrested for using the field. Outraged by the arrests, a group of teenagers held a bake sale “Bake Sale” redirects here. For the episode from the TV show 8 Simple Rules, see List of 8 Simple Rules episodes. A bake sale is a fundraising activity where baked goods such as doughnuts, cupcakes and cookies, sometimes along with ethnic foods, are sold. on Martin Luther King Day to raise bail money for the men. "I thought it was racial profiling The consideration of race, ethnicity, or national origin by an officer of the law in deciding when and how to intervene in an enforcement capacity. Police officers often profile certain types of individuals who are more likely to perpetrate crimes. ," said 16-year-old Kat Nordgren. "I thought MLK MLK Martin Luther King MLK Milk MLK Medialess License Kit would have stood up for them." |
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