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Old 12-19-2022, 08:37 PM
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Originally Posted by jimjamuser View Post

... Police are trained to spot SUSPICIOUS people. I am NOT a trained Police-person. But, if I had to guess........they likely would look twice at someone wearing a black trench coat with a black hoody pulled up and dark pants. They likely would look for gang-related tattoos and possibly spiked hair - possibly wearing an excessively large fake gold chain. Now a perfectly wonderful person may also be displaying those markers, but they MAY increase the probability of problems. In Israel, the airport Police have become very adept at spotting terrorists. Just looking for something out of place.

"Profiling" is illegal by statue in Florida. Stereotyping may not be illegal, but surely not very charitable.