Originally posted by lizbud
A local newsite is running a poll with the question,

Should police officers use racial profiling to target Middle Easterners when searching bags of those who use subways,
buses, etc.? Using a yes or no vote. So far, about 5000 people
have voted and it's 79% yes & 21% no. I was pretty surprised,
but with the way things are going all over the world, maybe I
shouldn't be.
That is so mean and unfair. There are TONS of people.......TONS in the US that are US citizens, perfectly good, law abiding citizens that are of Middle Eastern background. They don't deserve 'special' treatment. I don't deserve special treatment. I was born in this country, lived here my ENTIRE life and still do, am as much an American and US citizen as everyone else. For people like me who have never and will NEVER commit such a crime, and that goes for the MAJORITY of the Muslims here in the US, giving them any 'special' treatment is completely unfair and wrong. Why should MY rights be violated, just because someone who happened to have the same skin color as me did something wrong?

We don't need to pick on innocent people. I'm all for keeping our country safe, but check EVERYONE. Picking on someone because of the color God gave them is completely wrong and unjust. Its just like this. If a Caucasian high school student shoots fellow students, go pick on every other white student in the country. Fair? I think not!