police work/racial profiling

[mbuttons]

My across-the-street neighbor flew to Chicago for Thanksgiving --- was
bitchin' and moanin' because her bellybutton ring and steel toed shoes set
off the metal detector.

I think that's funny ... a sure sign of advancing age.

love
m-a


on 12/01/2001 12:08 AM, Wayne Johnson at cadaobh2@brgnet.com wrote:

> Uh, Frances, there are "dope smellin' dawgs" jus fer that purpose.
> 
> Besides, you would be too suspicious not to check out anyway, right?  Given
> your purple hair, black net stockings and low-cut, sequined blouses.  Not to
> mention the tatoos and rings!
> 
> Don't try it.  Don't even take the bus!
> 
> Your friend.
> 
> WJ
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: austin-ghetto-list-admin@pairlist.net
> [mailto:austin-ghetto-list-admin@pairlist.net]On Behalf Of Frances Morey
> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 5:36 PM
> To: Dusty MacMorgan; austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net
> Subject: Re: police work/racial profiling
> 
> 
> Yeah, but can bomb sniffing dogs also sniff for pot, too?
> I, for one, am glad that I haven't had occasion to fly lately.
> Frances
> 
> On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 13:02:51 -0800 (PST), Dusty MacMorgan wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Guess I might as well jump in with both feet.  Of Course it's racial
>> profiling!  Profiling is a legitimate part of police work.  If 19
>> short, plump, white, "blonde", middle-aged American women had murdered
>> 4,000 civilians, in cold blood, in the space of a few hours, would I,
>> as a s.p.w.b.m.a.w, feel outraged if I was treated with some suspicion
>> by law enforcement?  No!  I'd be outraged (and worried) if I were not!
>> As for the drug "analogy"...get busted walking down the street
>> smokin' a doobie, and yeah, your friends and family might get
>> scrutinizied. Drive an airplane into a skyscraper...  So?
>> (But thanks for the kind words when I first "applied for
>> membership," Jon. ;^}
>> ---Margot
>> 
>>> From: "Jon Ford" <jonmfordster@hotmail.com>
>>> To: michaele@ando.pair.com, austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net
>>> Subject: Re: police work
>>> Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 20:36:30 -0800
>>> 
>>> It smacks of racial profiling to me. How would us white folks respond
>>> to such a request? For instance, some of us use illegal drugs. How
>>> would you  feel about such an "interview"? Give me a break.
>>> 
>>> Jon
>>> 
>>>> From: Michael Eisenstadt <michaele@ando.pair.com>
>> 
>>>> I must say that the FBI letter to all the legal Arab
>>>> residents seems to be good police work. Hundreds are
>>>> leaving, some out of paranoia, others because they
>>>> would flunk the interview.
>> 
>> 
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