Racial Profiling

[akman75]

I am trying to understand this theory out there about Racial Profiling. People keep claiming that they are pulled over just because they are of a certain race. Now, from my view point, I dont understand how an officer running radar on a highway targetting a vehicle speeding can possibly know at that time, whether the occupant of that vehicle is of what race and then use that conclusion to determine whether or not he is going to pull the car over. Also, i have seen studies that accuse departments of racially profiling because the demographics of their area do not match up on a percentage basiss with citations issued to that certain race. So if the town is at 20% black population, and the tickets a department hands out is 40% to blacks, this is to indicate racial profiling? How about this as a theory. How about telling those people who were pulled over for speeding to SLOW DOWN! Maybe i am not understanding this whole concept clearly. Wouldn't it be nice that if the entire demographic population of an area committed offenses in the same percentage as those that are cited. We dont live in that kind of world! I think is very unfortunate. If i pull you over and you're speeding, I dont care if you you're white, black, orange, blue or yellow. If you speed, you get a ticket. Of course giving people a break is a norm. But come on now! If you were pulled over for an infraction, quit calling racial profiling. BE A BETTER DRIVER!

[hcso527]

all i can figure is that its another good excuse like you mustve gotten locked the wrong car i wasnt speeding. its just this one has actually worked. do you ever hear of a white community sueing a dept. because 99% of their tickets are issued to white people? no. and ive seen numbers on towns with a higher black population have more whites written tickets than blacks and that wasnt profiling it was decided that because of commuters traveling into town to work that it was easily possible for whites to have more ticket percentages. do you really ever think it will be fair?

[rebbryan]

although 20/20 is the most realiable source, they showed how some would do it. sit on the side of the road w/ high beams on going across the road. get like an old motion picture view of everyone going by and can tell the race of people in the car