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Old 04-28-2010, 09:14 AM
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I'm kind of guessing that unless the driver is behaving erratically, or there is another reason for them (the officers) to pull them over, they aren't just going to pull over a random Hispanic (for no reason) other than be like "prove your legal". They don't have the time. Now, I'm sure there will be some boneheaded, racist officer who will do crap like what I mentioned, but that isn't going to be all of them. Unfortunately, when that one bonehead does it, suddenly it is on the national news and everyone is screaming racism.
You need a refresher course on racial profiling and what happened with DWB. It is not about what "some boneheaded, racist officer" does. It is an institutionally supported practice.
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