Affirmative action in policing is associated with which civil rights framework?

• A. The National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (1968) -14th Amendment
• B. The Fourth Amendment
• C. The First Amendment
• D. The Tenth Amendment

Answer: (A)

Affirmative action in policing is framed by equal protection under the law, a core Civil Rights principle. The National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (1968), known for its Kerner Commission report, linked policing reforms to protecting minority rights and eliminating discrimination, grounding these efforts in the Fourteenth Amendment’s guarantee of equal protection. So the Civil Rights framework most closely associated with affirmative action in policing is the Fourteenth Amendment. The other amendments address different rights—unreasonable searches and seizures (Fourth), freedoms of expression and assembly (First), and states’ powers (Tenth)—and do not serve as the primary basis for affirmative action in policing.