News (Media Awareness Project) - US NY: PUB LTE: Fairness in Profiling |
| Title: | US NY: PUB LTE: Fairness in Profiling |
| Published On: | 1999-05-05 |
| Source: | New York Times (NY) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-09-06 07:03:19 |
FAIRNESS IN PROFILING
To the Editor,
It is important to note that the police practice of racial profiling
did not begin with the war on drugs [news article, May 1]. However,
ending racial profiling may well doom the war on drugs.
If the police are required to turn to random selection for stop and
search, a much greater number of middle and upper-middle class white
men and women will suffer the humiliation that members of minority
groups have suffered, and the war on drugs will end.
Gerald M. Sutliff Emeryville, Calif.
To the Editor,
It is important to note that the police practice of racial profiling
did not begin with the war on drugs [news article, May 1]. However,
ending racial profiling may well doom the war on drugs.
If the police are required to turn to random selection for stop and
search, a much greater number of middle and upper-middle class white
men and women will suffer the humiliation that members of minority
groups have suffered, and the war on drugs will end.
Gerald M. Sutliff Emeryville, Calif.
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