Quote Originally Posted by poop
You don't think it because it hasn't happened to you. In your mind, black people are what, just making these stories up?
No. That isn't what I'm saying. I don't think it's necessarily dishonest. It's just a tendency for people to assume racism. In some cases I think it is dishonest, but that'll be people with something to hide. Those with nothing to hide, they think it's racial profiling, racism, whatever, but it's just police doing their job.

It doesn't happen to me because I don't drive, I don't drink myself stupid in public, I don't hang around in parks with my mates... it's not because I'm white, it's because I don't find myself in situations where police are active.

So I guess you believe that gov't report that says there's no systemic racism in the UK too?
I haven't read it.

The same one the UN commission said was bullshit?
I haven't read their counterevidence either.

But if they didn't, and you pull him over just because he's black and/or from out of state, you're doing the very opposite of legitimate policing. You're just harrassing someone.
Certainly the former. If you pull someone over for nothing other than the colour of their skin, that's harassment. Yes. Pulling someone from out of state? Depends on the context, such as location and time of day. I can understand why they might go as far as to scan the plate number.