Do you believe that racial profiling goes on in America when it comes to cops stopping black people?
344488
I believe that it does.  Even in states where there are a ton of ethnicity's like New York it happens.  I also be live that there is profiling against teens.  I am also not sure that this profiling is just black.  I believe that more and more people of middle eastern back-round have been experiencing profiling.  I would hope that many police do not do it on purpose while I know many do.  Ignorance is bliss and I believe that these people of authority need to be enlightened that there are many different people in this nation... . That is what makes this the USA.  Perhaps some training on a bi-annual basis would help, but I do not think it is something that will ever be eliminated.  Sad as far as I am concerned!
515029
I think our society is becoming more communist everyday. These laws are quietly passed by legislature to feed the government more money (you're right) You should really stop complaining and start getting involved with your government on a local level and on a state level. Write to your congressman and tell them how you feel. Might not change anything today, but if we all write and b!tch long enough, we may just get what we want, it worked for Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr, and Malcolm X. Our forefathers in America bitched and fought hard for what we used to have- FREEDOM. As for COPS- These are puny pawns who enjoy being used by the government machine. They are small men and women inside, that's why they have to feel important carrying a gun and bullying little gals like you. Why do you think it takes 5-10 cops to pull over a black guy? Because they know they don't stand a chance, black men are lightening quick to disarm a cop of their bully weapon, and stand up to them on a man to man level. Women cops you say? The only female cop that pulled me over, didn't even come up to my car window, she called for 2 back-up squads. She didn't belong on a police force- she belonged in a quilting bee! (along with the other pu$$y cops)
940076
Your right, there not all the same. But the ones that have been total jerks, and have taken advantage of their position-have given Police Officers a bad name. The ones who beat up people while they are arresting someone, the ones who get off using their tazers more than once on someone, the ones who treat people inhuman while you are jailed-I could go on and on. I have talked to people, and heard the most ugliest stories-It's a CONTROL factor for some humans using their job to hide behind! BUT, God Bless the good Officers!  They put their best foot forward, and their life may be in constant danger protecting us. They are Angels sent from Heaven!
398523
Yes, I must say that hearing African-Americans, or Black People (whichever they prefer to be called) complain of racism, has grown quite tiresome - like to the point where it's embarassingly laughable.  \n\nBeing of bi-racial ancestry (which includes an ethnic minority), myself, I have experienced all sorts of racism, but none has been so bitingly memorable as that I have experienced from A.Americans, or Black People.  \n\nIt is a little known fact that there are a lot of A.Americans/Black People who are doing their fair share to perpetuate all sorts of negative stereotypes, racism, hatred, and ignorance amongst THEMSELVES.  I find that completely deplorable. It's rather frightening, really, because a race that hates itself will, in all probability, eventually destroy itself.  There should be more strength and unity among this specific race of people, if for no other reason than the preservation of historical, traditional, cultural, developmental, educational, occupational, and spiritual values, instead of generating fodder for embarassing crime statistics.  \n\nThere are places in the United States, where crime in ethnically populated, or "urban" areas, is so out of control that the local law enforcement and/or government has little to no interest in taking any steps toward protecting those citizens or making any effort to reduce criminal activity in areas such as this because the residents of such neighborhoods are only menacing, terrorizing, stalking, molesting, assaulting, raping, robbing, and killing EACH OTHER.  \n\nI believe the self-destructive behavior, and INTRA-RACIAL HATRED of A.Americans/Black People is probably at the root of this problem in our society today...  \n\nSo yes, I DO feel that "the race card" (to use the parlance of our times) HAS been abused by A.Americans/Black People, because I know that as people, they cannot seriously expect anyone to respect their views, values, and ideas until they can begin to demonstrate solidarity amongst themselves.  It's unfortunate to say that, but I think it's true.
193536
I think racism is still a major problem in America.  It's just not as visible as it used to be.  Racism today is more subtle, and to me that's even worse.  I don't think it's really an issue of it being allowed.  There's nothing that can really be done about it.  Everyone should see the movie "Crash."
623148
Don't know if  that stat is true, but if your questions is strictly a probability study I would say just based on Incarceration rate and the fact that they make up 15% of the population and reflect a much larger percentage than that as to the total # of people incarcerated. I would say that the color of the skin does not make them more likely to be criminals but the environment that some are brought up in. 70% out of wed-lock child birth is a factor..the inner cities which are predominately African American is a factor..\nto solve the problem you need to be honest about it..and the African American community should turn to pro-active leaders like Bill Cosby and Larry Elder who want to empower and throw "leaders like Jessie Jackson to the curb who has no solution just the victim card and blame White American..
878811
I would say both Britain and the U.S. are becoming police states. The evidence in the U.S. - the Patriot Act, habeus corpus scrapped, no lawyers for enemy combatants, banishment zones for registered sex offenders, more public cameras everywhere, talk of public registries for all former offenders, attorney general wanting ISPs to keep all people's Internet doings for three years.\n\nThe evidence in the UK - cameras everywhere. (Being an American, I am sure there is more than this, but this is what I have read about.)
935944
If the action committed is already a crime why should it be more of a crime based on the identity of the victim ?  Does a person of color have more rights than a white male ? I limit the question to white males because the last time I read anything on the subject there had been exactly zero cases of "race" crimes filed against any person of color in America.  It seems that you must be a white male to commit a race crime.\n\nThese types of laws only further racism in America.
1096550
Yes. On occasion.\nNo. Because I am the cop that does the rare pull over.\nWhy. Because if I let you go by me, and you make it...I am wrong.\nIf I let you go by and you hit and kill someone...we are wrong.\nYou will go to jail and we will have to live with the consequences.
965260
actually yes I know some are.\n\nI interviewed with a drug task force some years ago, when I was in law enforcement,  I was not given the job because I was not black,  they wanted someone to work in the projects.\n\nI tried to explain that many drug dealers, often larger ones were white and not in the projects.  They did not care, they wanted to make alot of little arrests for the news.
265948
I am a white 39 year old woman and I could not agree with you more. Many black men and women gave their lives so that their children and grandchildren could grow up in a better America. I think that it is a sin the way that the black "gangsta" rap and the way that the African American communities believe that it's alright to degrade themselves. Afican Americans want respect and I believe that it is a God given right to be treated with respect and dignity, however, to me it doesn't seem like they respect themselves at all. I am not saying that anybody has to conform to the "white America" , many ethnic groups have their own traditions and I respect that-I mean this is America and diversity is one of the things that I believe make this a great nation. I, however, do believe that Dr. King and Ms. Parks would be appalled at what has become of their struggles to insure that all African Americans have equal rights and have the same opportunities that whites have. What ends up happening over time is that the black youth start to believe what they hear-that all women are ho's and all black men are considered cool if they have been in jail, and instead of this being something to be ashamed of, they consider it a "badge" of honor. I also believe that we as a nation have a very long way to go before EVERYONE is treated fairly with dignity and respect, but I truly believe that the degradation of black on black is not moving America forward, but just the opposite, it's setting us as a nation back.
367545
i asked some friends and they said some police check harder on other people than some. theyt have never arrested someone just because of race.
997104
Yes it is not about race. Black cops do stop black criminals. It is about law.\n And some of the Minutemen are Mexicans-it is about law not race.
221654
It's called racial profiling. It's illegal, but it happens, and not just to minorities. I'm white and was driving in a predominately black neighborhood and was asked the same question!
388615
Yes. My brother got a ride to work after he wrecked his car on icy pavement. And I got a ride on a holiday when no bus or taxi was passing by. And the person that wrecks your day is usually yourself. The police is just keeping you from doing even greater harm to the general public. In fairness I must say that none of the above facts happened in the USA. One episode was in Germany and the other in Brazil. You have tough laws in the USA for things that are not even noticed in other countries. Like peeing on the street or drinking in public or prostitution
1022108
Yes it's legal.\n\n"anyone they suspect" So much for innocent until proven guilty.\n\nUnfortunately the US is on a slippery slope towards a police state.
703310
yes, several videos taken from phones and put online have started several investigations\n\n1 was a mexican legal immigrant who was punched in the faced several times after he gave up\n\n2- a black man who was tasered repeatedly\n\n3-  not sure