New York Democrats Want to Ban Police From Describing Suspects By Race, Sex, or Age

Gateway Pundit ^ | June 19, 2013 | Mara Zebest

[Hojczyk]

New York Dems want to pass a bill that would limit a description of a suspect to identify suspects essentially by the clothes they wear only. Truly mind-numbing stupidity.

NYPost reports the following:

Cops might as well wear blindfolds if the City Council passes a bill that would let them use little more than the color of a suspect’s clothing in descriptions — or risk being sued for profiling, according to this provocative new ad (pictured) from the NYPD captains union.

The ad asks, “How effective is a police officer with a blindfold on?”

And the answer is not very, says the NYPD Captains Endowment Association, which is fighting the measure, claiming it would handcuff cops and send crime rates soaring.

Union President Roy Richter — who is seen in the ad wearing a blindfold in Times Square — told The Post the bill is dangerous because “it will ban cops from identifying a suspect’s age, gender, color or disability.

“When we have wanted suspects and patterns of crimes, those are very important descriptive terms to let officers know who to look for.”

The ad warns that if cops transmit a description of a suspect that goes beyond the color of his or her clothing, they could be sued for racial profiling if the proposal becomes law.

The ad will appear in tomorrow’s Post, in addition to the union’s Web site, Twitter and Facebook — and provides links to contacts for City Council members to sway their vote on the measure.

The bill’s sponsor, Jumaane Williams (D-Brooklyn), and Speaker Christine Quinn are

[k4gypsyrose]

“You’ll recognize the perp by the whites of his eyes...” Oh wait that’s racist. Never mind.

[GraceG]

The ad warns that if cops transmit a description of a suspect that goes beyond the color of his or her clothing, they could be sued for racial profiling if the proposal becomes law.

So if you rob a bank bring a spare set of clothing and get away scott free....

Or just wear reversable clothing that is a different color on it...

[DarkWaters]

There is too much profiling in that statement. You can imply gender, age, and color and that is a no-no.

This is a bill to protect criminals, pure and simple.

[Pajamajan]

The libs are just insane. Why anybody listens to them, or votes to give them authority over anything, is beyond comprehension.

Then again, how stupid does it make the right-that they constantly lose to them-the obviously crazy,power-mad, liberals?

[Pajamajan]

"so if you rob a bank, bring a spare set of clothing and get away scott free"

You know those commercials states like Texas run, trying to get companies to move to the state?

Maybe they can run commercials advertising for crimminals to move to New York?

[Venturer]

It’s a bill to protect Black Criminals.

[Bringbackthedraft]

Good God...and these are the stoopid NY folks that end up moving to Florida and bleeping it up........................................... Yeah, but most of them stay in the S/E corner. Besides, they are NY’ers but most are NYC’ers. Upstate NY’ers don’t drive down I-95, if they do, they turn right on I-10 or 4.

[SunkenCiv]

Well, this should please the braying anti-cop lobby.

Thanks Hojczyk.

[marktwain]

If government workers were ever polled, I bet you'd find they were 90% democrats. Your typical front line bureaucrat is one who could not make it in the private sector.

I think it depends on the agency. In the DOD, I think there are a majority of Republicans.

Affirmative Action has stacked the deck. Nearly all Affirmative Action hires are Democrats.