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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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But bottom line, racial profiling is a violation of the Bill of Rights that are designed to protect the civil liberties of everyone, regardless of race, creed, of color. Doggy gave some very real comparisons.
Right now, the ACLU of Minnesota is handling the case of a Black woman who was detained upon arriving at the Mpls airport because she arrived on a red-eye from LA with a carry-on bag. She was stripped searched for drugs. She was stopped (and security admitted it) because of her color, where she traveled from, the time of day she traveled, and because she had a bag. Turns out not only is she a professional Black woman but the daughter of a former Mpls. policeman.
If this had happened to you, would you have considered it just an inconvenience?