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Originally posted by Love_Spell_6
See that's the thing...everything is not always fair...Its like this...if I get pulled over because I "fit the profile" of someone...and its not me...assuming there's no physical brutality etc... all I had to deal with was inconvenience. I think its stupid to not pull a car over on the NJ TPK if (hypothetically) 95% of the drug trafficers are black males driving certain cars from certain states....I think that's good police work. Just like I think its not wise to NOT pull Arab men out of the line at the AIrport when they fit the profile for the terrorists! Of course I'm generalizing here...but I hope you see my point.
If I have to suffer some inconvenience in the interest of justice...so be it. If you're not carrying drugs on the turnpike or weapons on the plane...why be concerned?
I know there are corrupt cops, judges etc. out there that will just target people because of their race...but I sincerely feel they are in the minority. Bottom line..don't go to a drug infested area driving your Bentley with 86 gold teeth if you don't want to "fit the profile" of someone doing something they aint got not business!
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Ohh, that is bad thinking there Sis. Because you fit a profile is no reason to be stopped, inconvenience or harassed. Only in a police state or under Nazi rule is that ever justified. One should only be stopped, searched, and inconvenienced when there is an imminent threat or a crime against someone has been committed in the vicinity. I don't care how many 6 ft 200LB Black males committ crimes. The 75% that don't need'nt be inconvenienced. Is every 30 something white investment broker having their homes ransacked, personal computers absconded, property repossesed because they fit the profile of a mutual fund scammer? Is every suburban teen who cruises the inner city to buy drugs and take back to the 'burbs profiled, stopped, and searched? Hell no!!! As Kimmie said, this does not justify criminal activty, but until everyone is treated similar, we, ourselves cannot put the boot on our own necks. Not only would we be seeing ourselves as our enemies do (I won't say oppressors, because any oppression is self imposed), but we would be complicit in their demonization of us. Stop me when I do something, not because my appearance dictates it. Shoot, I've been stopped on the Jersey Turnpike 9 times!!! Never a ticket, not once. Just for being Black in a late model, expensive car. White middle aged women are the most prolific shoplifters, but they don't get followed around the store and if caught, rarely serve time. We must be careful in applying that broad brush. It often leads to self-hate and the self fulfilling prophecy of if I'm going to be viewed and treated as a criminal, I might as well be one.