Long time coming: Trayvon’s law

[homasse]

Long time coming: Trayvon’s law
For the first time in a decade, Congress holds a hearing on anti-profiling legislation

The name of Trayvon Martin was invoked early and often at a Capitol Hill hearing on federal anti-profiling laws Tuesday as supporters hope the furor over the shooting of the Florida teenage will prompt Congress to take up a

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OP

[lickety_split]

TIPPING MY HAT TO THE FIERCENESS AND BOLDNESS OF THE ARTICLE AND THE OP TBH

Re: OP

[homasse]

:p It was a goof, but hey. >XD

My work computer is weird and doesn't show bolding, so I can't tell if something is wrong until I see it on my smartphone.

Re: OP

[lickety_split]

No worries bb =P

LJ's been weird with previews lately. My shit will look just fine in a preview but once it's posted..... EPIC HTML FAILURE ON DISPLAY FOR ALL TO SEE.

[riath]

Calling the bill “highly offensive,” Gale voiced the FOP’s “strong opposition” to S. 1670. The measure, he said, “provides a ‘solution’ to a problem that does not exist, unless one believes that the problem to be solved is that our nation’s law enforcement officers are racist.”A lot of police officers are racists, just ask Kenneth Chamberlain Sr's family. And racial profiling very much exists, where does he think terms like Driving While Black, Flying While Brown and Walking While Black come from? I've even heard EWB (Existing While Black) a few times. Profiling is wrong, full stop and it should be stopped

[qable]

Lindsey Graham, the only Republican in attendance, voiced general support for the bill while expressing the belief that profiling Muslims might still be necessary in national security investigations.

I almost approved of something this man did, and then he kept talking. Thank you for reminding me why I got out of South Carolina.

It's very telling that the police union is more worried about potentially looking racist than about curbing racism within the police force.

[babysinclair]

It's gonna be a shitshow watching this unfold.

[homasse]

Come, come, we all know being accused of being racist is far worse than actually being racist.

[abee]

While I'm glad they are investigating in racial profiling, I'm still disgusted that it took one boy (and countless others)'s murder to make them realize now 'Oh, it exists? Lol, ok, time to fix it!'. >:|

[hinoema]

“We can and must restore the bonds of trust between law enforcement and minorities,” Gale said, but argued a profiling ban would only generate more mistrust, “because it is written with the presumption that racist tactics are common tool of our nation’s police departments.”

Well, far too many are. Please to remove head from sand.

And well done, about time to this law.