"Probable cause" : driving while appearing hispanic

GoddessOfGuinness

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Mon May-03-10 02:15 PM
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"Probable cause" : driving while appearing hispanic

Excellent piece here:

http://livelydust.blogspot.com/2010/04/probable-cause-driving-while-appearing.html

Last weekend my friend Ben Lowe was heading toward Chicago with three friends, all Wheaton College graduates, when an unmarked police car pulled them over. One of the cops explained to the driver that there is "a problem with Hispanics coming from the western suburbs into Chicago" and "carrying drugs in their vehicles."

As it happens, none of the men is Hispanic (which is irrelevant anyway, since ethnicity is no reason to stop a law-abiding driver), and there were no drugs in the vehicle. Ben, however, is the Democratic nominee from the 6th Congressional District, and Ben is not happy.

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Mon May-03-10 04:03 PM
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1. tweak

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Mon May-03-10 05:31 PM
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2. again

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gratuitous

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Mon May-03-10 05:36 PM
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3. So they're pulling over the non-Hispanic-looking folks, too

See? No racial profiling! Besides, if you haven't done anything wrong, why are you worried about being pulled ov--*BLAM!*

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Tue May-04-10 04:40 PM
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4. How long before they start pulling people over for having Obama bumper stickers

I wonder...

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Tue May-04-10 04:42 PM
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5. Unrecced by someone?

:eyes:

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MissMarple

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Tue May-04-10 04:57 PM
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6. Well, things are becoming interesting. And poor Ben doesn't even look "hispanic".

Or whatever goes for "hispanic" in copland. :eyes:

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Tue May-04-10 06:11 PM
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8. "That's funny, you don't look Jewish" keeps running through my head...

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TexasObserver

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Tue May-04-10 05:38 PM
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7. recommend

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Tue May-04-10 06:13 PM
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9. Thanks...looks like the people who have nothing better to do

than unrec threads that don't have that many recs to begin with have been busy today.

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