Quote Originally Posted by the image reaper
consider this:

when I was about 20 years old, I owned a 1970 Cadillac Brougham, totally immaculate condition, 18,000 miles on the clock :thumbsup: ... the first morning I drove to work in it, I was pulled over by the Peoria Police :wtf: ... after checking my license and registration, they said " you're OK, we're just checking to see if the car was stolen, we don't see many young white guys driving Caddies " imp: ... now, should I have been pissed ?, I don't think so ... what are cops supposed to do ? wait for somebody to hold up a sign, saying 'Im a criminal' ?? ... seriously, there's always more than one side to stuff like this ... :jointsmile:
heh well not hold up a sign, maybe wait for probable cause

by the way the thing about nice cars I was mentioning was they were to assume if a minority had a nice vehicle they were a drug dealer

edit: article on the matter New Jersey internal records document widespread racial profiling of black and Hispanic motorists

(found via google)