police work/racial profiling

[Frances Morey]

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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