Friday, November 01, 2013

Am I a suspcious Middle Eastern male adult in my neighborhood, I wonder?

"Last month, the ACLU’s California office released summaries of suspicious activity reports collected by law enforcement officials, Choudhury said. In one, a police officer reported a suspicious individual in his neighborhood, described as “a Middle Eastern male adult physician who is very unfriendly.”

“That report doesn’t reveal any evidence supporting the reasonable suspicion that the person engaged in wrongdoing,” Choudhury said. “But it does reveal bias against people of Middle Eastern descent.”