"You keep using that word; I don't think it means what you think

that it means..."

Just encountered a vehicle belonging to the Berkeley County (suburban Charleston; about 100 miles from here) Sheriff's Department's Selective Enforcement Team. Their website says this about that: "Selective Enforcement Team (SET) is a team of deputies who patrol targeted areas in the county which have been identified as high crime areas, or areas which have unsafe traffic patterns. Information regarding the Selective Enforcement Team can be obtained by calling (843) 719-4439." here http://www.co.berkeley.sc.us/departments/sheriff/

Now, I'm sure they mean well, but doesn't the phrase "selective enforcement" have a very definite meaning in America and very negative connotations, ie pulling people for Driving While Black? All they're basically saying is that they're assigning extra deputies to particularly dangerous areas. Just seems they could have phrased it better. Googling "selective enforcement" indicates a) that I'm correct as to the interpretation of the phrase, therefore b) they could hardly have phrased it worse.

Yeah, I know, not very Loungy, but it was mainly a question of semantic interpretation, so it sort of fits here.

Edit: dang homonyms!

They probably were originally going to call it the "Anti-Negro Squad", but somebody talked them out of it.