[don-o]

Drop that taco and come out with your hands up!

[semaj]

“But the first thing the officers have to worry about when there is a gun involved is their own safety.”/I>

If tha's the first thing that police officers are trained to worry about, then perhaps we don't need police officers.

[PeterPrinciple]

“It’s not because of any race, creed or national origin,”

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He not trained yet, forgot, homo, transgender, .................

[sgtbono2002]

A shooting goes down. A description goes out.

“Black men in a white Cadillac.”.

They see Black men in a White Cadilac.

What the hell are they supposed to do? Ignore them?.
Maybe they could be a little more gentle in their approach,but Damn: They would be pretty stupid not to check them out. Is this racial Profiling.? Hardly.

Maybe the troops were a little more agressive than necessary, that tends to happen when police are in their pack syndrome, but it doesnt justify screaming Racial Profiling.

[Bulldawg Fan]

The men stopped were black, the cops were white. No more info needed, obviously racial profiling, racism, whitey out to get the black man........ Gosh, I never heard any of this before.

And lawyers have already been retained, warp speed response. Nothing like having a good lawyer available when money is waiting to be collected, likely in an “out of court settlement.”

[FreePaul]

...one of the people involved ran from the Waffle House over to Taco Bell.

Is the crime here "running" or going from the Waffle House to Taco Bell? Other than police harassment what is the penalty for that crime?

[R.W.Ratikal]

The ban against profiling means that you profile everyone.

Airport Security Screener:

“Here comes a guy. He’s white, elderly, well dressed, non-Middle East looking, obviously an American. We’ll search and examine him closely.”

“Here comes another guy. He’s dark, Middle Eastern looking, young, wearing a T-Shirt that says “I Hate Blue Eyed Devils” and clenching a dagger between his teeth while dancing up and down chanting “Allah is Great, Death to America.” We’ll let him pass.”

Which was profiling?

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

The cops did the right thing.

[sig226]

Drop the chalupa . . .

[LantzALot]

“We had information that one of the people involved ran from the Waffle House over to Taco Bell. One of the people involved was seen over at the Taco Bell parking lot.”
... police reports indicate witnesses saw three men arguing in the Waffle House parking lot just prior to the shooting and then two vehicles, one of which was a white Cadillac, leaving the scene.

Pretty much sums it up for me. The police would be negligent if they DIDN'T jump on that Cadillac, no matter what color the occupants were.

[Drew68]

I guess in the future if a suspect is described as black, then only use black police officers to try and apprehend him. We all know that refraining from racial profiling is more important than solving crimes.

I have an even better idea! If a suspect is described as a black man in a white Cadallac, then the police should stop and question a couple of white women driving red Toyotas. You know, just to be fair. And why not? This mentality works well for airport screeners!

Is a /sarcasm tag really needed?

[hermgem]

A quite normal first reaction.
Cops along with everybody else know that blacks represent 13% of population but represent 52% of inmates doing time.
Cops race sensitive or just logical?