10-14-2016, 12:00 AM
(10-13-2016, 09:28 AM)fredtoast Wrote: The problem is that the same percentage of black people and white people use illegal drugs yet many more black people are arrested for it due to racial profiling. That is one of the privileges of being white.
And you WOULD have a problem being pulled over by the police just because you were a white guy driving a pick up truck. I guarantee it. Why should you be late to work or pick up your children just because of your race and vehicle? You are lying if you claim you have no problem being pulled over for no reason.
We're not just talking black people here. We're talking all races. I am looking at the issue in the context of limited manpower and resources for law enforcement. They should be able to target the demographic that has been proven over time to statistically commit a large percent of whatever criminal activity they are investigating. So no, I actually wouldn't be getting pulled over for no reason. I would be getting stopped for fitting a profile. And I would not have a problem with it, despite your insistence. Just like I don't have a problem that airport security now takes longer because I have to take off my shoes, and cannot pack carry on liquids of over 3 ounces. But I do think that having to randomly pull obvious non-threats such as old ladies out of line for additional pat downs is a waste of time and resources. One inconvenience serves to make flying safer, the other is a waste of manpower and could be allowing a more obvious threat to pass through because it had to be random so as not to be "unfair", "insulting", or "racial".
