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frogmarch

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3. Excellent!

Reply to Generic Other (Original post)

Thu Mar 22, 2012, 06:05 PM

Mar 2012

It’s not just Florida that has a racial profiling problem. My son and his family live in the Omaha, Nebraska area. They live in a mostly white neighborhood and have two adopted black children, ages 8 and 1. Police stopped the elder one while he was riding his bicycle down the street in front of their house and asked him whose bike it was.

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The ACLU thinks Florida has a profiling problem... [View all] Generic Other Mar 2012 OP

Ya think? k&r Little Star Mar 2012 #1

Took the words right out of my mouth. Comrade Grumpy Mar 2012 #5

Doesn't that ad date back to the 90s class action against the Fla. Highway Patrol? Blue_Tires Mar 2012 #2

Yes, but it seemed like a nice reminder that things hadn't changed much Generic Other Mar 2012 #6

Excellent! frogmarch Mar 2012 #3

Of couse they do.. it looks like a dick with sagging balls. Loudmxr Mar 2012 #4

Well that took me way too long to get! Generic Other Mar 2012 #7

FL is among the five states that lead the nation EFerrari Mar 2012 #8

I have only lived in this state for 5 years HockeyMom Mar 2012 #9

that is a very telling statistic. barbtries Mar 2012 #10