Racial Profiling

[Allen]

I just got in on the last few minutes of the Dr Phil show the other day and he had done a survey asking people how many favored and personally did racially profiling (no idea where the survey was done, how many participants were involved, or what the make-up of the participants were) and the results were, if I remember correctly, 46% in favor 54% not in favor.
This got me to wondering about it since it seems every evening watching the news if there is a stolen car chase, a bank robber chased or apprehended, a thief captured on a store's security camera, or a shooting, 9 out of 10 times (maybe even higher) the person/persons involved will be minoritys.
Can this be a nationwide situation or do we just live in a higher crime area?
Watching all this on TV it's amazing how our police officers can keep from racial profiling when trying to locate a criminal.

[ltxi]

Not race, but I am in favor of dirt bag profiling.

[Bawanna]

Not race, but I am in favor of dirt bag profiling.

Exactamundo Itxi.

[b4uqzme]

Not race, but I am in favor of dirt bag profiling.

+1000

I think it's called "situational awareness".

[CJB]

The way I see it, due to social conditions, certain communities of people have been at fault for committing crimes and causing social unrest. Due to those reasons, I am apt to be more suspect of members of those communities of people. Those communities may vary in racial makeup depending on locale, and geography, and other lesser components. If I should "profile" anyone, that act is a matter of being double cautious. Once bitten, twice shy is the key element. Or perhaps, you can fool me once.....Either way, if someone does not "belong" due to any number of reasons, then I'm apt to question why their presence is evident. Call that the Zimmerman Doctrine, call it what you like. I know who should be in the locale I live in. I know that folks who are guests act a certain way, generally speaking. I know that anyone who falls ouutside that set of social criteria, regardless of race, is suspect of being an outsider, possibly a hooligan, or worse.Thats not profiling. Thats common sense. Jeeze.

[Longitude Zero]

Racial profiling per se is not illegal. Using race as the ONLY or PREDOMINANT factor is illegal. Say an armed robbery occurs and the suspect is described as a B/M. Does it make any sense to stop W/M's? Nope it does not. Is that using race to profile your suspect. Yes it is and the courts have always found that allowable. I always profile based upon BEHAVIOR. Such as how you are acting, what clothes you are wearing, colors and styles, what kind of vehicle you are driving and how is the vehicle accessorized, what music you are playing, are you solo or in a group etc. There are hundreds of behavioral clues that are used to determine criminal intent. Race is only one very minor factor. Basically how are you acting compared to the social norm of the area at the time the observation is made.

[Ikeo74]

When 1 race commits more crimes than any other by a long shot, it's hard not to profile them. I think the profiled group hates to be profiled because it will make it easier for them to get caught.

[spud]

When 1 race commits more crimes than any other by a long shot, it's hard not to profile them. I think the profiled group hates to be profiled because it will make it easier for them to get caught.

From FBI Crime Stats page:
Arrests, by Race, 2011In 2011, 69.2 percent of all individuals arrested were white, 28.4 percent were black, and 2.4 percent were of other races.
The link is here: http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr...ables/table-43

And from Census Page
White alone, percent, 2013 (a) 77.7%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2013 (a) 13.2%

Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 (b) 17.1%
here is the link.
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/00000.html

It doesn't really appear that one race commits more crime by a long shot. Of course the data could be wrong or I could be reading it wrong.
take care.

[leftysixty]

I am a minority! I am constantly profiled. I am a Christian, Old, Partially Crippled, and White in color.

I was taught to treat people with respect and to judge them by their actions, Not by their looks. Of course in this day and age that is not politically correct.

And before I let my Parrot mouth overload my Hummingbird backside, I will end this rant.

[Ikeo74]

From FBI Crime Stats page:
Arrests, by Race, 2011In 2011, 69.2 percent of all individuals arrested were white, 28.4 percent were black, and 2.4 percent were of other races.
The link is here: http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr...ables/table-43

And from Census Page
White alone, percent, 2013 (a) 77.7%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2013 (a) 13.2%

Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 (b) 17.1%
here is the link.
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/00000.html

It doesn't really appear that one race commits more crime by a long shot. Of course the data could be wrong or I could be reading it wrong.
take care.

That is some very interesting FBI data, It's really interesting, I am seeing Hispanics and Latinos were added into the 77% of Whites, so when taken out separately, the breakdown is this: White 62%, Latino and Hispanic 17%, Black 13%, All Others 8%. (Total US Population)

Now, use these percentage of population and go to the % of crimes caused by these percentage of populations in the FBI chart and analyze the figures by percentage of population causing the percentage of total crimes. Those are some alarming statistics.

[berettabone]

Just look at who is in prison.........................that will tell you............................................... .....

[swilcher7]

Ok, so what your saying is that all people of a certain race who are in prison make the rest of us criminals as well????

[berettabone]

If you want to know which race is doing the crime, look who's in line........................................

[swilcher7]

Amazing!!!! That's all I can say....

[berettabone]

I don't see what is so amazing...............................If you look in the prison system, you can see who is doing the crime. You can then break it down to percentages, just like the previous postings. It's not rocket science.