A police officer pulls over a car driven by a Hispanic male. Because of the man’s race, he immediately assumes that the man is an illegal immigrant and arrests him. This police officer is guilty of which of the following practices?

Racial profiling is treating someone as suspicious or taking action against them because of their race or ethnicity rather than evidence of wrongdoing. Here, the officer assumes the driver is an illegal immigrant solely because he is Hispanic and arrests him. The correct choice is racial profiling.

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