Assignment task:
A 19-year-old African American man living in an upper-middle-class suburban neighborhood in Fremont, California, reported that he was stopped and questioned four times in 2 weeks by different officers. On one occasion, the conversation went this way:
Officer: What are you doing here?
Teen: I'm jogging, sir.
Officer: Why are you in this neighborhood?
Teen: I live here, sir.
Officer: Where?
Teen: Over there, in that big house on the hill.
Officer: Can you prove that? Show me your ID.
On another occasion, when he was jogging, a different officer stopped him and asked (referring to the very expensive jogging shoes he was wearing), "Where did you get those shoes?" When the boy answered that he had bought them, the next question was, "Where do you live?" When the teen answered, "in that big house on the hill," the officer apologized and went on his way.
Describe in detail all the potential negative consequences from this police incident. What else do you need to know about this incident to determine whether the officer questioning the teen was legitimate or related to racial profiling? How can community policing be incorporated into this community to create a better community-policing partnership?