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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Having watched the video again a few times, the argument that Blake was "racially profiled" comes across as utterly and completely ludicrous.  In the video, one can't even distinguish any meaningful difference in skin color between Blake and the cop that tackled him, nor can one see anything about Blake's clothing, behavior or demeanor that would signal anything whatsoever about his race.

Yes, the cops got it wrong, but playing the race card here is a serious stretch.[/quote]

If you're reluctant to see this as a racial profiling incident more power to you but that doesn't make this incident negligible or irrelevant as far as improper conduct.  Police should not be able to physically attack non-threatening individuals on the presumption that they are suspected of non-violent crimes.  The officer acted in poor judgment - period.[/quote]Yes, the issue is tackling Blake when the suspect (who turned out to be completely innocent and not associated at all with the crime) was wanted only for identity fraud.  Which means that you or I could have been tackled as well in a similar situation.  I worry for my own safety now when I see that some police officers act this way.

On another note, I'm an older white woman.  So maybe the police officer wouldn't tackle me?  But then if he wouldn't tackle me because I'm an older white woman, then he must be profiling based on [i]something[/i].  But I'm going with the possibility that this shows this could happen to anyone -- since some of our DCUM friends are insisting this wasn't racial profiling.  Fine - then tell me why I, as a taxpayer -- [b]who until recently had assumed that police officers as a group exercised a certain amount of professionalism [/b]-- shouldn't be livid that there are folks w[b]ho think we should just get over this because it wasn't racial profiling.[/b][/quote]

So, this one incident changed you mind that as a group police officers exercise a certain amount of professionalism? If so not much of a conviction there.

As for the profiling. Is anyone suggesting that because it isn't profiling that it doesn't still matter as to what happened?[/quote]

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