Racism alive and well in Virgina

[SmokeRngs]

Originally posted by: dahunan

Originally posted by: Shad0hawK

Originally posted by: Genx87
Is it really racism when the victim obviously said the rapist is black?

I wouldnt expect the police to start looking at white, latino, or asian men if the description of the man is black.

Again it looks like something is being blown out of proporation. They asked the men for samples and they complied. Nobody was forcing these men to do it.

*S*of course it is! by describing the rapist as "black" this obviously bigoted woman is guilty of racial profiling!*S*

SO.. YOU accept the fact that the police felt that 187 black men were suspected rapists? in one small town??

Do they do the same thing to white people?

First of all, 197 black men were asked for DNA samples.

Secondly, where is your information stating that all 197 black men asked for samples were the only black men in the area. I'd bet there were more and they weren't asked for one reason or another.

 

[SmokeRngs]

Originally posted by: dahunan

Originally posted by: Shad0hawK

Originally posted by: dahunan
SO.. YOU accept the fact that the police felt that 187 black men were suspected rapists? in one small town??

Do they do the same thing to white people?

yes, because the rapist was described as black .it would be galactically stupid and an immense waste of time and resources to test others

i would imagine so, it would be equally dumb to test black men if the rapist were described as "white"

WOW.. This is a new method of law enforcement..

187 average black men are rounded up and forced to give DNA? I have NEVER in my entire life heard of the police doing something like this to WHITE PEOPLE... Can you please provide me with a link showing where they have ever done something like this to white people?

I really don't have a problem with what the police did as long as they do the same thing when there is a white rapist on the streets that they cannot caputre

I wonder how many white rapists there are in that town.. who have not been caught?

To begin with, there were 197 black men. Also, 197 black men were asked to give samples, only 187 gave them. None of them were forced to give samples. Otherwise it would have said 197 black men were forced to give samples and they got 197 samples.

 

[Spencer278]

Originally posted by: SmokeRngs

Originally posted by: Zebo
I'm more applled by the black community not knowing thier consistutional rights than anything:

Police have asked 197 black men for cheek-swab tissue samples since the dragnet began in November 2002; of those, 187 have complied and all were cleared. The program was stepped up last year after a victim gave a detailed description of the rapist, who is being sought for six attacks between 1997 and 2003.

Get a warrant then test my DNA. This consitutional complacancy is why the police has become so militant in recent years. And instead of "protect and serve" it's "judge, jury, and executioner".

I didn't see any judge, jury or executioner here. What I saw was the police asking for DNA samples to see if what they had matched up to anyone else they tested. Since it didn't match up, they were cleared of suspicion. I saw nothing about where every one of them was charged with the crime. You do realize it's the police that are supposed to gain evidence to clear or charge suspects. I have no clue what you are basing your opinions on here. The information in the article does not support what you are trying to say. There was no violation of constitutional rights and none of them waived any constitutional rights.

The old guilty until proven otherwise?

 

[wiin]

Shad0hawK:
S*of course it is! by describing the rapist as "black" this obviously bigoted woman is guilty of racial profiling!*S*



So, she should have described the rapist as white even if that wasn't the case?

 

[Linflas]

Your title is garbage. The methods may be questionable and there has been plenty in the news here for months about this including the request being suspended while it was looked into a bit more. Not everything that involves race is racism.

 

[Shelly21]

I remember something like this done to white people, but that was in Scotland right?