Renee Feltz notes that critics of Arizona’s immigration-enforcement law have praised the federal government for stepping in, but racial profiling already happens under its watch.
Stories like Angel Castro‘s are common. In March, Castro rode his bicycle past a police cruiser at a red light in Cobb County, Georgia, and was pulled over for “failure to yield to traffic.” The officers noted in their arrest report that they had stopped Castro after observing his race, and their questions focused on his immigration status instead of the alleged traffic infraction. Castro said he gave his name, age, and birthday, but the officers refused to let him go. In the course of his arrest, he suffered a fractured left eye socket and broken nose.