I'm no fan of Sheriff Joe however, I do find the entire political correctness attitude that has arisen around the notion of Racial Profiling to be laughable.
Hypothesis: A Blue eyes, blond, White Man about 5'9" in height robs a liquor store. Who do you look for to question? Tall Black Men? Short Hispanic Women? Anyone with Blond hair or blues eyes? NO, you look for a white man, with blond hair and blue eyes that is around 5'9". So what if we remove race from that equation all together and say we are now looking for someone with a large tattoo covering his forearms. Are we now picking on people with tattoos?
The fact is that in the investigation of a crime, law enforcement MUST profile on all levels. It's simply a process of identification and in fact, is what is reasonable.
There is another way to go that requires no profiling. Everyone must have a ID chip implanted under their skin. How does that idea grab ya? I think I'll just settle for profiling for now.
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