soze
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I did always wonder when it comes to stop and search (which I do disagree with) racial profiling is always used as an crutch. When does racial profiling become criminal profiling. If your intelligence tells you the only people selling drugs in Kingston are a gang of black kids that wear red baseball caps, then if you stop and search 30 black kids wearing red baseball caps then that is not racial profiling? In that scenario the you are not targeting them just because they are black but because they are black with a red baseball cap in the right area.
I have been stopped and searched twice in my life both times they told me I fit the description of a suspect (6ft tall and white) both times I gave them my bag and driving licence and was on my way in minutes. I can't imagine how annoying it must be if you are one of the poor fuckers who gets stopped multiple times a day. One of the grime artists said he got stopped 5 times and each time asked if he stole the watch he was wearing. That shit is just wrong.
It is hard to say if there is an answer though. A lot of policing is trusting your gut and sometimes a feeling about a car is enough to take a load of drugs off the street. What they probably need to do is monitor officers stop and searches and if someone has stopped 30 black people for 0 arrests then chances are he has some race issues. But even though I don't like it I can see why it is needed, which is easy to say at a white person.
I have been stopped and searched twice in my life both times they told me I fit the description of a suspect (6ft tall and white) both times I gave them my bag and driving licence and was on my way in minutes. I can't imagine how annoying it must be if you are one of the poor fuckers who gets stopped multiple times a day. One of the grime artists said he got stopped 5 times and each time asked if he stole the watch he was wearing. That shit is just wrong.
It is hard to say if there is an answer though. A lot of policing is trusting your gut and sometimes a feeling about a car is enough to take a load of drugs off the street. What they probably need to do is monitor officers stop and searches and if someone has stopped 30 black people for 0 arrests then chances are he has some race issues. But even though I don't like it I can see why it is needed, which is easy to say at a white person.
