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Generic Other

(28,979 posts) Thu Mar 22, 2012, 05:54 PM Mar 2012

The ACLU thinks Florida has a profiling problem...

“THE MAN ON THE LEFT [Martin Luther King] Is 75 Times More Likely To Be Stopped By The Police While Driving Than THE MAN ON THE RIGHT [Charles Manson].

For example, in Florida, 80% of those stopped and searched were black and Hispanic while they constituted only 5% of all drivers.” --ACLU ad.

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The ACLU thinks Florida has a profiling problem... (Original Post) Generic Other Mar 2012 OP

Ya think? k&r Little Star Mar 2012 #1

Took the words right out of my mouth. Comrade Grumpy Mar 2012 #5

Doesn't that ad date back to the 90s class action against the Fla. Highway Patrol? Blue_Tires Mar 2012 #2

Yes, but it seemed like a nice reminder that things hadn't changed much Generic Other Mar 2012 #6

Excellent! frogmarch Mar 2012 #3

Of couse they do.. it looks like a dick with sagging balls. Loudmxr Mar 2012 #4

Well that took me way too long to get! Generic Other Mar 2012 #7

FL is among the five states that lead the nation EFerrari Mar 2012 #8

I have only lived in this state for 5 years HockeyMom Mar 2012 #9

that is a very telling statistic. barbtries Mar 2012 #10

Little Star

(17,055 posts)

1. Ya think? k&r

Reply to Generic Other (Original post)

Thu Mar 22, 2012, 05:58 PM

Mar 2012

Comrade Grumpy

(13,184 posts)

5. Took the words right out of my mouth.

Reply to Little Star (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 22, 2012, 06:07 PM

Mar 2012

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)

2. Doesn't that ad date back to the 90s class action against the Fla. Highway Patrol?

Reply to Generic Other (Original post)

Thu Mar 22, 2012, 06:00 PM

Mar 2012

It looks familiar

Generic Other

(28,979 posts)

6. Yes, but it seemed like a nice reminder that things hadn't changed much

Reply to Blue_Tires (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 22, 2012, 06:13 PM

Mar 2012

"Driving While Black" I think was what the ACLU was drawing attention to.

frogmarch

(12,160 posts)

3. Excellent!

Reply to Generic Other (Original post)

Thu Mar 22, 2012, 06:05 PM

Mar 2012

It’s not just Florida that has a racial profiling problem. My son and his family live in the Omaha, Nebraska area. They live in a mostly white neighborhood and have two adopted black children, ages 8 and 1. Police stopped the elder one while he was riding his bicycle down the street in front of their house and asked him whose bike it was.

Loudmxr

(1,405 posts)

4. Of couse they do.. it looks like a dick with sagging balls.

Reply to Generic Other (Original post)

Thu Mar 22, 2012, 06:06 PM

Mar 2012

I could not resist the profile joke.

Generic Other

(28,979 posts)

7. Well that took me way too long to get!

Reply to Loudmxr (Reply #4)

Thu Mar 22, 2012, 06:15 PM

Mar 2012

EFerrari

(163,986 posts)

8. FL is among the five states that lead the nation

Reply to Generic Other (Original post)

Thu Mar 22, 2012, 06:18 PM

Mar 2012

in active hate groups per the SPLC.

HockeyMom

(14,337 posts)

9. I have only lived in this state for 5 years

Reply to Generic Other (Original post)

Thu Mar 22, 2012, 06:50 PM

Mar 2012

Yet even I can see the chasm in this state since the Alien in Chief has taken over. Hell, public employees are now drug addicts!!!!!! You are GUILTY until proven innocent in this state now.

barbtries

(28,815 posts)

10. that is a very telling statistic.

Reply to Generic Other (Original post)

Thu Mar 22, 2012, 07:17 PM

Mar 2012

wow. i think the ACLU is right.

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