US unveils federal law enforcement profiling ban

[Tom Joad]

The baggers are going to go wild about this.

http://news.yahoo.com/us-unveils-federal-law-enforcement-profiling-ban-110610323--politics.html

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration issued guidelines Monday that ban federal law enforcement from profiling on the basis of religion, national origin and other characteristics, protocols the Justice Department hopes could be a model for local departments as the nation tackles questions about the role race plays in policing.

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[finnbow]

It's mostly window-dressing:

"The guidelines will exempt security screening in airports and border checkpoints and won't be binding on local and state police agencies."

[Tom Joad]

It's mostly window-dressing:

"The guidelines will exempt security screening in airports and border checkpoints and won't be binding on local and state police agencies."

You're right.

The worst offenders are state and local police.

[merrylander]

Thanks to the idiocy of states rights there is nowt to be done about state and local cops.

Actually sine the Dems are mostly in control our locals are quite decent for the most part.

[BlueStreak]

It's mostly window-dressing:

"The guidelines will exempt security screening in airports and border checkpoints and won't be binding on local and state police agencies."

Yep, almost completely useless under those stipulations.

Dave

[piece-itpete]

I certainly hope they force the airports to keep strip searching grandma.

Pete