From: Michael M. Butler (butler@comp-lib.org)
Date: Thu Aug 09 2001 - 02:10:16 MDT
As reported, this truly is... well, I wish I _could_ say "astounding" or "astonishing".
Sickening sickness. Unless some _very_ significant exculpatory
information, such as an actual clearly articulable threat to an officer,
is missing.
The crux of the article:
"But even if this isn't outright racial profiling, it is at least racial insensitivity,
and here's why. Everyone reading this knows as well as I do that if there
were clear reports of a drive-by shooting involving young teens, and the
suspects were identified as being "white," no policeman in America would
have pulled over a 70-year-old white man and a 56-year-old white woman
and handcuffed them as "suspects" in the alleged crime — for consumer
fraud, an insurance scam, or illegal Bingo ... maybe ... but for a drive-by
shooting ... Never! And it should never happen to an African-American
couple under these circumstances either."
Given the data so far, I find it very hard to disagree.
Mike
Olga Bourlin wrote:
>
> Loree wrote:
> > I have a hard time believing that there would be
> > anyone on THIS list arguing in favor of racial
> > profiling.
>
> Or wondering if it exists.
>
> A few days ago Lee Corbin asked me for an example of racism in Seattle. I
> happened to remember that request (due to lack of time, I've not kept up
> with every post) today, when I saw this in The Seattle Times (and it's by
> far not the only example):
>
> http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/134326988_carl08.htm
> l
>
> Astonishing, no?
>
> Olga
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