While the issue of racial profiling is not the point of this thread, I cannot pass up commenting. It is just too simple to have a cogent discussion about racial profiling in this case, using hypothetical rhetoric. Until and unless you have a personal involvement or risk one cannot truly understand the need. If blue stick men were stealing babies and oh by the one of your grand children was stolen what would the sentiment be then???

Why can't we be realistic? Profiling is a method whereby many serious crimes have been solved. And just because the person(s) being profiled are non white....what's the deal with crying foul?

How about 56years ago when I was personally visited by the FBI for one very simple reason....me and my surroundings matched who they were looking for....WHITE male.....blond crew cut...dark rimmed glasses....blue Volkswagen...working in the shopping center where the incident in question took place. I did not feel violated because back in those days people didn't talk or think like that (I call them the good ol' days!!!).
I will tell you I was scared as hell...know your innocent and then be put in a position to prove it!!! By the way as a result of the WHITE profiling they caught the guy.

Permissive pacifism and too much playing the race card is the problem....if blue stick men were doing the deed who else would you look for???????

BTK