Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Racial Profiling




February 4, 2019

Cop to Sergeant

We just had a bank robbery downtown involving four suspects described as the following:
 A black male in his mid-twenties wearing a hoodie, sagging pants, no belt or shoelaces.
 Accompanying him was in Hispanic male, wearing thick gold chain, bright orange shirt and pointy shoes.
The third suspect has been described as an Arab with dark hair and a thick black beard and Tattoos in Arabic on his arms and neck.
The fourth subject is a white male in his mid-30s wearing a red MAGA hat.

Sergeant to cop:

Be advised new rules regarding suspects must be followed as to descriptions.
We are no longer allowed to describe a suspect’s color under the rules involving racial profiling.
We can no longer use the word hoodie since this is seen as shorthand for potential gang activity.  Sagging pants lack of shoelaces and belt might indicate an ex-offender who we would not want to offend.
We can no longer describe Latin males with reference to gold chains or outlandish clothing on the rules concerning ethnic stereotypes.
This rule also applies to people from the Middle East and alleged references to potential terrorist activities.
We should also be careful when describing white males wearing MAGA hats since we do not want to offend Native Americans.

cop to sergeant:

Okay on the new rules.
But be advised that we have encountered the suspects and they appeared to be armed.
The suspect who we cannot described as a black male wearing hoodie sagging pants and no belt or shoelaces appears to be holding gun and is telling us to go fuck ourselves.
The suspect who we cannot describe as a Latino male wearing a gold chain and outrageously colored clothing appears to be holding a knife, he is also telling us to fuck ourselves but in Spanish.
The suspect who we cannot refer to as an Arab appears to have explosives strapped to his chest and while cursing us is also telling me not to get too close or he will detonate the weapon or at least that's what we assume he is saying since he is speaking Arabic.
The white male wearing the MAGA hat does not appear to be armed but may have a concealed carry permit.  He is giving us the finger.

Sergeant to cop.

For Christ's sake be careful.
Make sure the guy with a gun really has a gun and not some dollar store imitation that shoots bubbles instead of bullets or if it is a gun make sure it's actually loaded. Maybe if you ask nice, the man will tell you whether it's loaded or not of course if he shoots you, then you don't need to ask.
Make sure the knife is really a knife and not a toothbrush the man took out with a sudden urge to brush his teeth or feather or maybe even some silver teaspoon with which he intends to make tea later when he gets home.
As for the Arab who we can't say is an Arab make sure he really is an Arab and really has a bomb strapped to his chest and his not really well endowed (We’re not allowed to say fat.) You might want to find out if he is actually a refugee and whether you might help him assist him on obtaining a green card.  This might be a moot point if he decides to blow you all up.
Above all don't use your taser because studies show that suspects could get injured and do not use any other means of deadly force – do not use of Choke holds or twisting arms or even foul language, unless of course you actually get stabbed or shot or blown up.
And for God's sake if you have to shoot anyone shoot the white guy with the MAGA hat because he's probably a Nazi any way.







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