Originally Posted by jcb
Who defined and documented DWB? Guess it's one of today's hip hop euphemisms I'm too square to pick up on.
You try to get me to don the racist dunce cap, I restate my points in a clearer fashion, then you cry straw man when the tables are turned.?.? Tsk tsk.
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All other things being equal, the black male for the very statistical reasons you mentioned. This sort of police work has been upheld time and time again in the courts and I think it's fine.
DH, I never said police shouldn't exercise judgment and common sense; I said it was wrong to pull someone over without probable cause, only because they were black. Intentional or not, your previous post seemed to condone pulling blacks over only because of the statistical prevalence of black crime. That's unconstitutional.[/QUOTE]
In light of your definition of DWB, I suppose I can see how you arrived at the conclusion I condoned racism. I do fail to see how you missed my point in the very next sentence, but so be it.
You point out it's against the constitution to pull someone over based on the statistical prevalence of black crime, yet say you'd do that very thing if you were a cop. You're killing me here JCB.
The 'cross the street' and 'DWB' examples keep getting regurgitated as prime examples of discrimination in America, and they just don't wash.
Most people of any color would cross over to avoid a young black guy (prolly a man of any other color too) on a deserted street at midnight. That's common sense and self preservation, not hatred. Dang, are we totally blinded by guilt?
I still say racial discrimination is not much of problem for black people today. In fact the most virulent racial hatred apparently exists in the black churches.
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