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Old 12-08-2014, 02:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Abby10 View Post
This is absolutely ridiculous! Just another attempt to hand tie law enforcement officers and make their jobs more difficult. Who are we protecting here with this nonsense? Certainly not the safety of the general public. It will only create an atmosphere which will make our police officers even more impotent than they already are being made by the biased hype of the media. I fear that we are a society on the precipice of a slippery slope.
The guidelines announced today by Attorney General Eric Holder only apply to federal cases. That is the extent of his scope of authority, not local or state or municipal law enforcement officers. Racial profiling has been banned in this country since 2003.