Do police depts still use the term "*****" male to refer to an African-American male?

Question

I am not a policeman so I was wondering. I recall a cop show from the 1970s or 80s where the officer explained that the term ***** was used to avoid confusion with black (for example black hair, black car, black pants, etc.). No, I do not say "*****."

Answer 1

that would be awesome.

Answer 2

I need to know what the context was. If he was being sarcastic, trying to make a point, or talking about something that happened in the past, that would put a completely different spin on things. Otherwise, as long as it's not intentionally derogatory, I can't be concerned with what people call the different races and nationalities. It changes too often; what was OK one day is derogatory the next. Who can keep up? When I was in college, the "politically correct" term was "people of color." I heard a white colleague say "colored people." I mentioned it to him in a nice way and he explained that he got confused by all the different terminology and didn't realize that "people of color" wasn't the same as "colored people." How can you get mad about that. It really is confusing.

Answer 3

Not No, but He__ NO! And I live in the deep south, I mean i live in a place that could be mistaken for sparta Mississippi, right off of "in the heat of the night", some of the small rural towns here still have a "white" prom and a "black \" prom same for a white homecoming dance and a black homecoming dance. we are as backwards as it gets and no way no how do the police ever use the word "*****" not officially anyway, they would be sanctioned and have their butts cutt from the force

Answer 4

Where I'm from, it would be "male, black, approx. height and age, wearing......" I do not believe any agencies have used the term "*****" in say, 30 years?

Answer 5

no as you stated that was a 70-80's term.

when booking a person into the jail, there are according to the justice department 48 different areas of identification. race (6), nationality (1,132)

race=cauc, black, Indian, American Indian, Oriental, Spanish

nationality= cauc= irish, italian, etc
black= where from africa, nigerian etc
indian= pakastani,middle east
am indian= cherokee, arachee, lakota, nez pierce etc.

oriental= all of the orient and then each chineese dialect (32)

Spanish= Latin American, Mexican, all Spanish speaking so it can get complex.

not all states are broken down this far some just recognize white, black and Indian??

most departments use the black, white, Mexican, Indian, oriental as a description of the individual as the suspect was a ---male/ female

Answer 6

Black male or black female would be the proper descriptive words in "police lingo."

Answer 7

First hyphenates are for morons. You are either an American or not. Second, no black is the term most often used.

Answer 8

No, They use "Black" or "African-American". "*****" went the way of "Colored" back in the early 70s.

Answer 9

They usually say black male.

Answer 10

We use "Black Male Adult" or "Black Male Juvenile" in my city.

Answer 11

Black what ever, male, female.
*****? meybe in Mexico.