Profiling

[Gonz]

Just to show that it's not always minorites who get treated like criminals (unless a white minvan/van/box truck is illegal)

 

[ris]

i think that in some states right now white vans are kind of unpopular

 

[Ardsgaine]

i think that in some states right now white vans are kind of unpopular

They should be pulling over black vans and brown ones too! I mean, it's just common sense, right? As soon as the sniper knows everyone is looking for a white van, he's going to start using a different type of vehicle. The cops will be looking for a white van while he cruises by in a green Saturn.

That's analogous to the argument I've seen against profiling at airports. As soon as we start profiling Middle Eastern men, they're going to start using 80 yr-old black women to hijack the planes...