Posted on 04/17/2012 5:24:17 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
WASHINGTON — Efforts to ban racial profiling by authorities got a small boost Tuesday when a U.S. Senate subcommittee highlighted the issue during a broad hearing that touched on topics ranging from illegal immigration to the Trayvon Martin case.
Central to each discussion were concerns that average citizens are targeted by police or others because of their background. Lawmakers repeatedly cited the Trayvon shooting. Trayvon's family and their supporters contend that Neighborhood Watch volunteer George Zimmerman followed the black teenager, whom he ultimately shot, because of his skin color.
"He [Trayvon] was profiled, followed, chased and murdered. This case has captured international attention and will go down in history as a textbook example of racial profiling," said U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Miami, who appeared as a witness at the hearing.
(Excerpt) Read more at southflorida.sun-sentinel.com ...
This has nothing to do with Trayvon, or Zimmerman.
Surely the black community can elect better representtion than this racist fool! NBC edits the 911 tape to make Zimmerman appear to be profiling, so this fool woman now wants to call Jeorge a murderer who was profiling. Surely there are some electible black Democrat people with IQ over 70, please tell me there are!
You got that right.
I guess that's racial profiling. And I think Blacks should knock it off.
True dat.
I want the ames of the Senators who were on this ‘sub-committee’. They need to be unelected and FrederFREAKA needs to be barred from the Congress.
So, what exactly is the race of a hoodie wearing individual, prowling a neighborhood at night, checking out the homes in the area?
I’m thinking a “Wee Willie Winkist”, but a “burglar, casing potential burglary targets” also works.
Speaking of which, I wonder if they will ever figure out who the owner of “12 pieces of women’s jewelry, a watch and a screwdriver thought to be a burglary tool” found in Mr. Martin’s backpack at school, when he was caught writing graffiti on a school locker, belonged to?
Maybe Trayvon had taken up cross dressing?
Well, in all fairness, he did successfully use the excuse that the items found in his back “ain’t mine”.
So, what exactly is the race of a hoodie wearing individual, prowling a neighborhood at night, checking out the homes in the area?
I’m thinking a “Wee Willie Winkist”, but a “burglar, casing potential burglary targets” also works.
Speaking of which, I wonder if they will ever figure out who the owner of “12 pieces of women’s jewelry, a watch and a screwdriver thought to be a burglary tool” found in Mr. Martin’s backpack at school, when he was caught writing graffiti on a school locker, belonged to?
Maybe Trayvon had taken up cross dressing?
Well, in all fairness, he did successfully use the excuse that the items found in his backpack “ain’t mine”.
Black guy jumps on a white guy and starts pounding his head into the ground ...
I guess that’s racial profiling. And I think Blacks should knock it off.
THAT should have been the meeting!
The 4'2" Asian womens right to be pro BB players is being DENIED by the RACIST NBA!
Sometimes profiling is correct, necessary, and even needed!
Ah, good.
I trust they will get to the bottom of why Zimmerman has been labeled a “white hispanic”.
They can’t wait until Obama’s second term. They’re tipping their hand now. They’re not very bright.
Who caved?
” Surely there are some electible black Democrat people with IQ over 70, please tell me there are! “
Not Democrat. Republican? Yeah.
Who caved?
” “We are not just talking about professionalizing law enforcement and holding them accountable,” said Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, who chaired the hearing by subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights.
“We are talking about a new group of Americans who are being empowered to carry deadly weapons and to make decisions on the spot about the protection of their homes and communities — which I think makes this a far more complex challenge,” he said.”
Not what happened, Durbin.
This racist Miami democrat makes Shiela Jackson Fleas seem a genius, and Maxipad Waters a goddess of wisdom. BTW, has Guam tipped over yet?
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