The topic on talk radio the past few days has been filled with talk about the new law in Arizona. This bill tasks local and state law enforcement with upholding federal law. It does not create any new mandates. What really bothers me is all the fear-mongering and hysteria. As a cop I take offense to those who believe that this law will create a hostile atmosphere of racial profiling. Are there racist out there? There sure are. Do some of them slip through the process and get hired as cops? Some do. Here's what you may not realize, a racist doesn't need a law to be racist. If someone is going to pull a person over based on race, they're going to do with with or without a law.
We don't sit in our cruisers thinking about how to screw people over. We're fathers and mothers, husbands and wives who are working round the clock shifts to feed our families and live a good life.
If a cop wasn't going to racial profile before this law, he or she isn't going to do so after this law. Also this law is only applicable during an otherwise lawful encounter with someone. Therefore you only need two things to prevent you from being a victim of this law, one, to quote Jim Carry in Liar Liar "Stop breaking the law, ass hole." and two be here legally. If you're not here illegally, you can't be deported so stop complaining. And if you don't break the law, you won't be stopped in the first place.
I know that advice might be too much common sense for some people.
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