be no problems.....;-)
-----Original Message-----
From: Monique Boea [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 1:05 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: RE: Bag searching and NY
Just search everyone.
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From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 12:39 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: RE: Bag searching and NY
The problem is, random searches do absolutely nothing to catch a terrorist.
The random person you stop is a 94 year old grandmother with no bags. The
next guy is a 20 year old white male sweating profusely with a huge backpack
with wires barely visible and a serious attitude. Guess which one I would
rather the police stop and search?
While they are searching the first person, they cannot be vigilant and watch
for those people most likely to be dangerous.
I truly don't give a [EMAIL PROTECTED] about racial profiling when it comes to terrorism.
If someone is more likely to be a terrorist, they should be more likely to
withstand scrutiny. The only issue I have with it is when the police in
their various forms target the wrong group due to lingering prejudices.
I agree that when the profile changes to include middle age white men with
blue eyes, or 14 year old redheaded girls, the job is going to be more
difficult. But racial and age clues should never be the only factor in
profiling. But it should be one of them.
Jerry Johnson
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/21/04 12:15PM >>>
I think it would be much better to do random searches.
So..you have a machine or whatever and it randomly beeps when someone should
be
searched, and whomever is coming through the turnstiles at that point gets
searched.
It can't be every tenth person, because someone can figure that out and thus
avoid a search.
Random means that no one can complain about racial profiling, its totally
random.
Heaven help America when they recruit white , blue eyed middle aged men to
the
militant islamic cause.
-Gel
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