Typical class time at an Officer Crowley "profiling class"

[PretzelWarrior]

"Now, men....(sigh)...and WOMAN--, the thing to remember about black people in our community is you never know what their background may be."

"They could be a shiftless drifter out to cause trouble, they could be a grad student from Nigeria, or they could be some uppity perfesser who thinks he's better than us. You can't tell by looking."

"Most black people, when you ask for ID, will automatically throw wallet on ground, spread eagle on the car or against a wall, and start and end every sentence with 'sir'."

"Those who don't? Well, you got yourself a Harvard man--probably marrying our white women. Or you got yourself a visiting professor from University of Chicago or something like that. The only way to deal with those uppity types is to show them who's boss. Let them know their designer suits and 6 or 7 figure incomes don't entitle them to walk down the street without an all pervasive fear of the law."

"Don't assume just because a guy is black he's gonna shuck and jive for you. Be ready to take him down if he won't."


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAmUPCbhkwo
"Now let's watch a video to see how it's supposed to be done."

[PretzelWarrior]

1. it's kinda fun to post something then watch recommends go up and down.

if gone into negative territory...then up to positive, back to zero, and now negative again. DU should start showing posters the "popularity curve" of their posts over time. lol.

[backscatter712]

2. They keep omitting that the class shows officers how to racially profile... n/t

[PretzelWarrior]

3. exactly. kinda stupid. It's like "Don't think of an elephant"

as soon as they learn all the in's and out's of profiling and what NOT to do (wink, wink) they then immediately can't HELP but profile.

[PretzelWarrior]

4. kickaroo

:kick:

[angee_is_mad]

5. kick

and recommend