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a_blue_grey_mist
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tradition |
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annie
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they don't here. and that's a fact. |
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halfbright
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I know what you mean,I am a white truck driver and they target me all the time..,stop the stupid racism,its old ok? |
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bluff mike
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They are not. The police are minorites. |
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Answergirl
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I am not sure that they would even be able to do that. I mean really no able. How would they recognize that you were a minority prior to stopping you? Do you have a sign on your car stating you are a minority? |
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Brian Da Dog
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I get pulled over enough to say that is not true. |
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PraiseBob
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And exactly what makes you think that the police are targeting minorities? I seriously doubt that a cop is able to accurately identify the race of the driver prior to pulling a vehicle over for a moving violation.
Oh wait... I've got it.... We can supply each officer with a chart showing the relative racial percentages in his/her area. Before pulling a vehicle over for violating traffic laws they will be asked to identify the race of the driver and check their table to make sure that they are meeting their quotas properly. If the driver happens to be of a race that has received a disproportionate number of violations that day they will be allowed to continue driving at 110mph through a red light in a school zone...
Or..... perhaps the only thing that should matter is whether or not one is operating their vehicle within the law... |
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pumpkinhoney2
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NO! |
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Bramblyspam
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Most of the time when you're driving behind another car, you can't even tell what race the driver is. Race may have some influence in some traffic stops, but overall, I bet the issue is overblown.
The likelier scenario is that police have a heavier presence in high-crime neighborhoods, and there are a lot of non-white people in those neighborhoods. I'm not saying that this explains every case of "driving while black", but it probably explains a lot of them. |
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LeighAnne K
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The majority of police officers are white and lets face it minority are in large portions the source of crimes.... |
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Lara^mt
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its in the culture of police to be suspective of everyone. They do it without knowing and their experience thought them that minorities may do more traffic offences.
however lately they are being easily branded racist so they are afraid to stop balcks etc. only |
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Bo Beeta
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Think about it...It would be hard for them not to..I dont think they are targeting them I think they have no choice but to stop them more often then
"the white male" THERE ARE MORE MINORITIES THEN WHITE MALES RIGHT...so ofcourse there are going to be more of them stopped.....minorities are going to make the white male a minority very soon you watch. |
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Daniel is due 27/3/09
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i would not say that i got stopped 4 months ago for speeding I'm white and a car whizzed past me with 3 black people in and they were speeding the police officer told me if he stops them he would be accused of being racist and its not worth the bother I'm not racist but i got 3 points and a fine i now have 8 points on my license so i disagree i think the police have it in for the white people instead |
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april_fay21
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Have you ever thought that maybe it's a coincidence that the minorities are the bad drivers? Also, I can't really say the minorities are targeted in Texas because in Texas the white people are the minorities. |
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Bluto Blutarsky
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Its called profiling.
Truthfully there are two sides to the argument.
For: those profiles didn't come from thin air, they were based on the past history of those most likely to be committing certain crimes in a certain way.
Against: The profiling "figures" after a while become self-supporting as the only people they are looking for fit a certain mold it ignores the fact that people who don't fit the mold are likely to get away with it. It doesn't "evolve" and eventually allows more people to get away with things. |
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Michael R
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That is just an excuse for the reason why more minorities are getting pulled over. The fact is that even minority police officers pull over minorities, so there is no racial profiling involved. I am not saying all cops do not profile because I am sure that some do. The fact is that if you and a minority are driving down the road at the same speed and you swerve, you will get pulled over. Police do not go and say oh a black person lets pull them over. |
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rav
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May be ur earning more
LOL
dnt know |
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Kikyo
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Do you have any proof that they are targeting minorities for traffic stops? |
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windandwater
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Have you listened to the news lately? I'm surprised the minority man that killed the woman police officer is alive. The other one had 63 bullets in him for killing an officer. I also think they can catch minorities with a lot of other things, drugs, guns, whatever you have. So they stop them more than other people. |
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dukalink6000
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There is a feeling that minorities are probably up to no good (even if they aren't) and that a gut feeling or instinct will "prove" the police right more times than wrong. |
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OkieBoy
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Ya ever seen the way they drive? There is a manual to learn from ya know! |
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rchlbsxy2
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They are not targetting minorities.
Statistics can be used to show that they are, but did you think that maybe there are more "minorities" stopped as some of these sections of the community actually give the police more cause for concern and offer more reasons to be stopped? such as driving rubbish? cars falling apart? etc. |
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tippswimmer011
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yea, i am a cop, and i find myself watching minorties more that whites. I dont no why...instinct i guess? |
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fr_chuck
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nope, |
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sarah
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I don't know |
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Fangs_4u
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That's a stupid question but if you say it enough people will start believing it. We don't, but when you have a 60 to 70 % of so call minorities in the city commiting crimes that's not targeting that's 60 TO 70 % OF 100% getting caught. I guess i could just look for whites only commiting crimes IMAGINE THAT. Would that make you feel safer. I think not. THANKS FOR PISSING ME OFF EARLY!!!!! |
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Pia
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They can score more points assuming that minorities will be ignorant about their civil rights |
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poetrystouch
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Because society has preconditioned people into thinking blacks and Hispanics are criminals and anyone who remotely resembles an Arabic person is a terrorist it's sick and horrible but true. |
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Bob Barker's Love Slave
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Because they can. |
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