Tom Allon, You're Only Half Right
“The surveillance and random checking of American citizens is an extremely complex issue that cannot be reduced to a sound bite,” Allon said in a lengthy email. “‘Profiling’ is a loaded term that has somehow replaced ‘probable cause’ in law enforcement lexicon. We need to face realpolitik realities rather politically correct idealism. The people who attacked us 10 years ago and in 1993 were all Muslims. The few planned attacks that the NYPD has thwarted since then were also plotted by young Muslims … If you randomly stop a fidgeting 20-year-old Muslim on the street or on the subway, this should be called `probable cause’ rather than `profiling.’”
Profiling has replaced probable cause … in law enforcement strategy.
But thanks for bringing this up!
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