Calling Upon the Attorney General and the Justice Department to Investigate Abuse of Fourth Amendment Rights

WHEREAS, the Supreme Court recently reversed a Florida conviction that had involved an anonymous tip about a person unlawfully in possession of a firearm; and

WHEREAS, the police in many of the nation's cities have "profiled" people of color disproportionately for "stop and frisk" procedures with no reasonable cause.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People call upon the Attorney General and the Justice Department to investigate abuses of the Fourth Amendment prohibition against unwarranted stops, searches and seizures