BTK, there's a HUGE difference between being stopped because you fit the bill so to speak and being stopped because you might fit the bill. I would have had no objection if I'd been pulled over because a redheaded female and a large black male had been seen committing a crime. I would have had no problem if a white Mazda Miata had been seen leaving the scene of a crime. I have a major problem with being pulled over simply because I was a redheaded female driving a white Mazda Miata with a large black male in the passenger. Sorry, that's just wrong.

As I said, the issue here isn't the racial profiling per se. The issue is that over 10% of America's population is in fact angry. They just don't speak of this anger in public very often. Obama did and I say good for him. It is time to open those doors, to share the stories why they are angry.

I also believe the other side of the story should be told -- why there is racial profiling, why there is genuine fear, etc. All sides should be listened to and respected. Maybe if there are enough open and honest discussions without name calling, without getting mired down in prejudices, without a lot of rhetoric but simply honest discussions of personal experiences some change might honestly take effect.

BTW -- Your comment that this my comments were based on hypothetical rhetoric is specious at its best. You have no idea what I have or have not experienced in the past. I have been the victim of violent crime -- once by a redheaded (carrot top, no less) male in his 30s and once by a black youth. I've witnessed my neighbor's home being broken into by two young black men. However, I have not demanded that every redheaded male be stopped to see if he was the one who attacked me. I did not go to the local high school and ask the police to pull every young man who was tall and slender out of class to see if one of them threw the dumbbell to enter my neighbor's home. I did not ask that any male who was a light-skinned African-American between 5'10" and 6' weighing approximately 180 lbs be stopped so I could see if he was the brat who mugged me. So, I'd say my sentiment would be that racial profiling stinks to the high heavens even if it were blue stickmen stealing babies, unless there was only one blue stickman in the entire world.