One problem here is that it distorts the actual number of crimes being committed. Also, it is incredibly self-fulfilling. I mean I wonder how many crimes are done by people who aren't being stereotyped because they are now under less surveillance? We know for a fact that people are more likely to do nefarious things when they aren't being held accountable for their actions or are under less supervision.
I have no data to support this, but it's possible while we are arresting all the black people for various crimes, white people are committing even more since they know they can get away with it.
That's my random thought on the subject. I can't be pro-racial profiling because I'm not pro affirmative action. I don't think we should be giving people advantages OR disadvantages based on the color of their skin.
But here's my tangent: You don't choose your race or your gender, but you also don't choose much of ANYTHING about yourself. You don't choose your parents or where you are born or what your natural talents are, or your intelligence, etc. So if we can't discriminate based on race (presumably at least partially because it's not something you choose, so why hold that against you?), I'm not sure we can really logically discriminate against anything else that you're born with, i.e. intelligence.
I think the difference is some of the things I mentioned actually affect your ability to do things and be successful, whereas race or gender is really just a non-issue in that regards.
Kind of off topic, but why is Black on White violence not a hate crime but the reverse is true?
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The Fourth Amendment (Amendment IV) to the United States Constitution is the part of the Bill of Rights that prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and requires any warrant to be judicially sanctioned and supported by probable cause. It was adopted in response to the abuse of the writ of assistance, a type of general search warrant issued by the British government and a major source of tension in pre-Revolutionary America. The Fourth Amendment was introduced in Congress in 1789 by James Madison, along with the other amendments in the Bill of Rights, in response to Anti-Federalist objections to the new Constitution. Congress submitted the amendment to the states on September 28, 1789. By December 15, 1791, the necessary three-quarters of the states had ratified it. On March 1, 1792, Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson announced the adoption of the amendment.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_...s_Constitution
Private companies aren't exempt from the constitution. I hate to break that to all you people with boners for security.
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."-Benjamin Franklin
One day these fuckers in power will push us too far.
"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable."-JFK