Cobb: I Guess We Just Weren't Listening

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June 18, 2003

I Guess We Just Weren't Listening

Who said of racial profiling: "It's wrong, and we will end it in America."?

GWBush said that. And he's apparently making good on his promise. According to the NYT, Bush's new policy

..lays out two distinct sets of guidelines: a broad prohibition on profiling in traditional and often routine law enforcement investigations; and a looser set of standards for national security cases.

In traditional operations like traffic stops, federal agents "may not use race or ethnicity to any degree, except that officers may rely on race and ethnicity in a specific suspect description," the policy states. Officials said this prohibition was intended to go beyond the safeguards of the Constitution and existing law.

Will wonders never cease?

Posted by mbowen at June 18, 2003 03:00 AM

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