App lets users report racial, religious profiling by TSA

{mosads}The group said the application will be available for iPhone and Android users.

The Sikh Coalition said the Department of Homeland Security has agreed to accept complaints submitted via its application as “official, actionable complaints.”

A pair of Democratic lawmakers praised the application upon its release Monday.

“The vast majority of law enforcement officers perform their jobs honorably and courageously,” Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said in a statement released by the Sikh Coalition. “Unfortunately, the inappropriate actions of the few who engage in racial profiling create mistrust and suspicion that hurts all law enforcement officers. This app is an important new tool that allows passengers to fight profiling.”

“Up until now, victims of racial profiling at our nation’s airports had no easy way to call attention to this unfortunate trend,” Rep. Judy Chu (D-Calif.) added. “The Sikh Coalition’s new app changes that. Travelers now have the power to fight racial profiling right at their fingertips.”

The application can be downloaded at the website http://www.fly-rights.org/.