Death by political correctness

Death by Political Correctness Originally published May 14, 2010 Frederick News-Post By Steven R. Berryman

Attorney General Eric Holder pronounced that "profiling is not good law enforcement" on "Meet the Press" last Sunday. I can't wait to see how my police, sheriff's office and trooper friends react to that in The FNP's online comments! Just as "terrorism" is not an enemy -- it's a tactic -- "profiling" is an indispensable and smart law enforcement tactic, not an enemy. The Pakistani Taliban-connected Times Square bombing suspect -- however incompetent -- was a naturalized U.S. citizen of the Muslim persuasion. That he was a naturalized citizen is not a common factor among previous terrorism attempts on our homeland. For instance, Timothy McVeigh was not a naturalized citizen. Fears and chants of "racial profiling" become the political correctness that may well be responsible for future death in America in a reprisal attack here, perhaps based upon our ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. It could even be a nuclear death in a worst-case scenario. Profiling per se is simply taking note of a common set of traits and characteristics collected by savvy investigators after a crime or ... act of war. For instance, 18 of the 19 hijackers in the World Trade Center attack came from the Mideast. Drill down further, and they also shared a common religion; drill down even further, and find that they all shared a militant wing of that common religion. When there is a rabid pit bull running loose in a neighborhood, there are no signs posted "be on the lookout for a black cat." Racial profiling is also the excuse to attack the 287(g) program enforcing federal immigration laws at the local level. Same for the new Arizona laws -- however amended -- simply because it is simple to show anecdotal evidence that more people of Hispanic descent are identified under the program than are, for instance, people from Ireland... ctd. ...for the rest, click:

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