(Originally posted by intobsv:
Interesting article.

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ucac/20...e_fits__1.html )

That is an op-ed, not a news article. The author completely missed the point of ethnic/racial profiling.

Profiling is effective in that you can allocate security resources more efficiently by scrutinizing certain races/ethnic groups more so than others. Whether it's fair or legal is a valid question, but I firmly believe it is effective, and is fair if not abused (such as the NJ state troopers).

Profiling doesn't mean you boot off all passengers meeting the profile. The Secret Service agent was questioned and scrutinized, but somehow never passed the "test" of the Captain (paperwork smaperwork).

The author of the op-ed noted that the Supreme Court allows the police to stop cars with Hispanic-looking passengers to look for illegal aliens. Fine, look for illegal aliens, and if you don't find any, let them go. Completing her analogy with AA, the police should deport anyone in a car with Hispanic-looking passengers even when they prove they are legal residents or citizens? That's ludicrous!