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we all profile. we all judge books by their covers. we're human. it's inevitable. if you see a man walk into a store wearing a ski mask and holding a gun, hmmm...i'd have to go with my profile of a stick-up man. if you see a wild-eyed angry person, with deep olive skin and a bulging vest go into a checkpoint station at an airport, or even of any skin color...and you're a security officer working with the ntsb, you'd be lax in your duty to ask the person to open their vest if you just let them go ahead for fear of being accused of racial profiling. yes we all profile. next question.

2007-03-12 08:34:24 · answer #1 · answered by vrandolph62 4 · 0 0

Profilling is done in all police departments and has to be done, that is how you determine who is the most possible suspect. Even the FBI have people trained in doing nothing but guessing at a profile of a suspect.

Race is at times part of that profile just as sex, age, and other factors.

2007-03-12 15:41:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

they say it doesnt,and i guess some police try to be fair-but it does go on.if u look a certain way-race or appearance-u do get stopped more.my brother had long hair,he was constantly stopped till he cut it.now,he hasnt been stopped in years-we both think it was the long hair.my college boyfriend was stopped for the same reason,and also bcause he had a camoflage color-car.the cop said "who do u think u are,rambo?"he wasnt speeding,so he told the cop it was unfair to stop him.the cop slapped him,and said "shut up kid!we can plant drugs in ur car if we want!its ur word against ours,who do u think the judge will believe?"his problems stopped,when he painted the car a solid color and cut his hair.my cousin from new york fell asleep at the wheel on a long road trip,and when cops in georgia saw his modeling portfolio in the back seat they beat up the "gay guy from new york."he's not gay,he's married with kids.so,even tho all this happened to white guys,its easy for me to understand that people can be harassed for "driving while black>"(or any other race the local cops happen not to like>)

2007-03-12 15:38:09 · answer #3 · answered by kyra k 4 · 0 0

I believe that whether we want to believe it or not race does come into play in profiling. Profiling is based on statistics. Most serial killers are white males for example. It's not necessarily about race but about what statistics say the most likely suspect is.

2007-03-12 15:32:04 · answer #4 · answered by Tact is highly overrated 5 · 2 0

sure it does, but don't ever say so, but it's not always profiling, if you work in a community where 85% of the population is a certain race don't you think it would make sense that most of your arrests are going to be made up of that race? If you work in Compton your not going to be arresting to many white drug dealers, and if you work in Beverly hills you won't be arresting to many black gang members. so you really have to look at the whole picture.

2007-03-12 16:01:00 · answer #5 · answered by Sir Hard & Thick 3 · 0 0

ABSOLUTELY and it should

What are the odds that a gang banger bought a 100K car versus stole one - my guess 1000000 to 1

And if he did buy it - Where did the money come from

Racial profiling is really just common sense PROACTIVE law enforcement

2007-03-12 15:37:40 · answer #6 · answered by stinkinggenius2003 6 · 2 0

No, I think common sense exists. Consider this:

If you tell me a mid-eastern male age 18-24 is going to commit some heinous crime and offer evidence, whom should I search for? A white guy? A black guy? Hispanic? Elderly females?

Regardless of who I search for, If I limit my search to mid-eastern males ages 18-24 I will be accused of racial profiling. If I don't, I am wasting valuable resources.

I DO NOT PROFILE!!!! I LOOK WHEREVER MY INVESTIGATION LEADS!!!!

2007-03-12 20:31:43 · answer #7 · answered by Combatcop 5 · 0 1

sure, it does in some areas and with some people. Not every police officer profiles racially though.

2007-03-12 15:33:43 · answer #8 · answered by Daybreak 5 · 0 0

Officially, no, it's not PC. But all so called "prejudice" is really just another way of talking about someone's reputation. If you behave badly, people will eventually expect you to behave badly. If many of the girls from your neighborhood behave badly, eventually people will expect girls from your neighborhood to behave badly.

Point is, I think we earn our own reputations, whether as part of a group or individually. It's not other people's fault they have come to expect certain behaviors from us, it's ours.

And we dont' fix it by making it "politically incorrect" for others to have their opinions and expectations of us, we fix it by establishing our new reputation with our behavior.

2007-03-12 15:33:03 · answer #9 · answered by All hat 7 · 0 0

OK you're a cop. You see a low rider full of Mexicans. They are all wearing blue bandannas and there is porno music playing too loud on their cheap stereo. What would YOU think?

2007-03-12 16:09:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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