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Sotomayor cites Boston on perils of profiling
Associated Press ^ | May 2, 2013 10:52 PM EDT | Dan Elliott

Posted on 05/03/2013 8:32:57 AM PDT by Olog-hai

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Thursday the investigation into the Boston Marathon bombings shows how difficult and sensitive the issue of racial profiling can be.

Speaking with young students in Denver, Sotomayor noted that some people asked whether authorities had done enough to track the two suspects, both ethnic Chechens.

“Is that profiling? Could be,” she said. “Is it something you just can't ignore? Maybe sometimes not.” …

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bostonbombings; profiling; racialprofiling; sotomayor; sotomayorprofiling; whoiscesarconda; wiselatina
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1 posted on 05/03/2013 8:32:57 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

“Profiling” is the most powerful tool at law enforcement’s disposal. It is a GOOD thing.


2 posted on 05/03/2013 8:35:02 AM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: Olog-hai
“Is that profiling? Could be,” she said. “Is it something you just can't ignore? Maybe sometimes not.” …

Well, when being Muslim is connected with warnings from Russia, it no longer should be considered profile. To the contrary, the hand-wringing of the liberal bedwetters over profiling probably was a major contributing factor to the bombers falling off the FBI radar after the Russian warnings.

3 posted on 05/03/2013 8:39:04 AM PDT by dirtboy
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To: cuban leaf

just one item, the noses on those boys, facilitated ease of search. Surprised they didn’t flee to the shore and sail a rowboat somewhere else.


4 posted on 05/03/2013 8:39:35 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: cuban leaf

I worked for a federal law enforcement agency for 32 years in an area where 99% of the perpetrators where white males. When looking for a suspect we almost reflexively eliminated minorities and women. I didn’t hear anyone complaining about racial profiling.


5 posted on 05/03/2013 8:41:22 AM PDT by huckfillary (qual tyo ta)
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To: Olog-hai

The wise latino woman is dumb as a stump.

Affirmative action at work.


6 posted on 05/03/2013 8:41:26 AM PDT by Ray76 (Do you reject Obama? And all his works? And all his empty promises?)
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To: Olog-hai

Perils?? She’s nuts....It’s reality...


7 posted on 05/03/2013 8:42:28 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Olog-hai

Oh, Sotomayor....we’re looking at a real piece of intellectual achievement there. Let’s follow her recommendations.

/s


8 posted on 05/03/2013 8:42:28 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: dirtboy

Precisely.


9 posted on 05/03/2013 8:47:59 AM PDT by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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10 posted on 05/03/2013 8:48:45 AM PDT by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: Olog-hai

“Maybe sometimes not”

What a freaking wise Latina genius we got.


11 posted on 05/03/2013 8:50:36 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (This stuff we're going through now, this is nothing compared to the middle ages.)
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To: Olog-hai

Sotomayor is LA Raza/Hispanic Ku Klux Klan racist....her version of civil rights is to deny them to anyone white, Christian, and speaks English.


12 posted on 05/03/2013 8:51:09 AM PDT by SeminoleCounty (GOP - Greenlighting Obama's Programs)
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To: SeminoleCounty

Does anyone know of another case where a Judge walked into an interrogation and effectively had it stopped .

This part of the story is a weird twist.


13 posted on 05/03/2013 8:55:41 AM PDT by RummyChick
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To: Olog-hai
America cites Sotomayor on perils of profiling

"I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would, more often than not, reach a better conclusion."

14 posted on 05/03/2013 8:56:07 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: Servant of the Cross

Ever notice the one’s fighting against profiling are the one’s that would be profiled. Don’t listen to these socialist democratic frauds anymore. These losers and their warped mentally despise this country.


15 posted on 05/03/2013 9:06:18 AM PDT by spawn44 (MOO)
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To: Olog-hai

Oh, STFU !


16 posted on 05/03/2013 9:06:20 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (NRA Life Member)
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To: Sacajaweau
OOOooo it's very perilous!!

How perilous?

SO much peril.

Perilous to who?

Perilous to the terrorists! Don't you know that we call patriots the enemy and those that want to destroy us our friends? We have to protect our friends. We hate the Constitution and like to legislate from the bench.

A wise judge knows better than to leave the important stuff to Congress.

17 posted on 05/03/2013 9:08:57 AM PDT by PATRIOT1876 (The only crimes that are 100% preventable are crimes committed by illegal aliens)
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To: Olog-hai

In the words of the late Andy Rooney: “It’s not profiling. It’s math.”


18 posted on 05/03/2013 9:09:01 AM PDT by GeorgeTex (Obama-Four M President (Mendacious Manchurian Muslim Marxist))
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To: Olog-hai

Perils? You dumbass bitc*!

Quit making profiling into something that’s wrong!

We will not accept it! NEVER!


19 posted on 05/03/2013 9:11:32 AM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (0bama's agenda—Divide and conquer seems to be working.)
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To: Olog-hai

profiling goes on everytime I go to the airport. TSA always selects me for the full treatment by an agent plus a supervisor. As I look around I mostly see people like me being body searched - never seen an mid-eastern appearing person being searched. Oh, by the way I am an old white guy - replacement knees, clean shaven with military and law enforcement in my background.

TSA profiles old white guys like me!!


20 posted on 05/03/2013 9:15:27 AM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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