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http://www.azpost.state.az.us/SB1070infocenter.htm Lets take this scenario. A college student, his friends, and some friends of theirs go to a bar. They have 2 compact cars, 2 designated driver's and about 12 people. The student get's drunk to the point of sluring, and forgets his drivers licence at the bar. No matter he's not driving anyway. While walking to the car, he trips and falls in the grass tearing holes in the knees of his pants and getting grass stains. On the way home they are pulled over. When asked where he lives, he replies that he can't remember in a jumble of ill prepared sentences. The one mistake he makes is to not fasten his seatbelt, so he's now subject to questioning by the officer. According to the training material he's in violation of the following: Lack of identification So, if the person is white will he be suspected of being illegal? Fat chance. This training material recommends racial profiling no matter how many times they say that racial profiling is prohibited. Even outside of the frat night on the town scenario, any legal US citizen can find themselves fitting many of these criteria in a variety of circumstances. Heck, our former president G.W. Bush has significant difficulty communicating in English, and went to great lengths to dress in the same style as Mexican cattle ranchers. Unless you fit a particular stereotype you will not be targeted for questioning under this law. Comments (
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My take on the training material AZ Post released today is this. These things you're reading are not words. No matter how much I tell you that, you can still see that they are indeed words. The same goes for the rules placed for establishing reasonable suspicion. Just because they say over and over that it's not racial profiling, and that you can not use racial profiling does not change the fact that it is.