NYCLU To The Rescue.
The New York Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit to challenge the legality of New York City’s new policy of randomly searching the bags of subway passengers. The lawsuit states that the searches “virtually certain neither to catch any person trying to carry explosives into the subway nor to deter such an effort.” The NYCLU further stated that riders have complained that they were targeted for searches in a “discriminatory and arbitrary” manner, which could lead to racial profiling. New York City Republican Councilman James Oddo has called for police to target Arab-looking individuals, saying “Plain and simply, young Arab fundamentalists are the individuals undertaking these acts of terror.” Apparently Oddo never heard of Eric Rudolph or Tim McVeigh.
posted by Alva Goldbook at 5:40 PM
4 Comments:
Miami,
Actually the London bombers were British citizens, just as Rudolph and McVeigh were American citizens.
No, Rudolph and McVeigh were Christian terrorists. So what would that logically lead you to conclude?
We don’t know if McVeigh killed in the name of Jesus. We do know that Rudolph did. What is the enemy we are fighting? Is it terrorism? Then why aren’t we taking out religious extremists like James Dobson and Jerry Farwell, who say the United States deserved to be attacked on 9/11?
As a Christian, I can tell you Miami, that people like Rudolph, McVeigh, James Dobson, Jerry Farwell, Pat Robertson, NONE of them are good Christians, if one is to look at the example Jesus set. In fact, they more closely resemble the Pharisees who had The Son of Man crucified. These people will lead their followers into prayer, distorting the word of God and making them blind to the teachings of Jesus. AT BEST, they should be called what The Son of Man called the Pharisees of the day. They are “hypocrites.”
First, we must stop pretending that the terrorists so far, by-and-large, have not been of the same ethnic origin. This will reasonably narrow down the search for potential perpetrators. But, it makes ALMOST as little sense to stop every Arab or North African in NYC today as it does to stop every 5th random person. Therefore, the profiling must be even more exact than race to be effective.
Israel has been perfecting the art of profiling, and has successfully prevented El Al (national airline) hijackings since 1970. The profilers are trained to look for signs of suspicious behavior (body language), which provides effective clues of whom to question. Barring exceptional con artists, body language is a dead give away of suspicious behavior. In fact, police officers are trained to look for such clues when dealing with everyday criminals.
The results: plenty of Arabs fly El Al, and yet enough people have been turned away to prevent terrorist attacks since 1970.
So why not fly some Israelis to NYC to train New York’s finest on such tactics?
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