Profiling is just that...looking at a profile of a person. The persons appearance is one component of a profile i.e. color of skin, gender, age, ethnic traits etc. Profiling has been used successfully for years to target criminals especially drug "mules" and dealers. To not use profiling is akin to covering your ears and saying "I can't here you".
If people get killed because our "leaders" forced are LE to cover their ears, these "leaders" will be complicit in their deaths.
"Profiling is just that...looking at a profile of a person."
Profiling is nothing but reliance upon common sense.
Serious arrests of drug smugglers on the highways were interrupted because the ACLU sued to stop the police from profiling.
The concept of not profiling has always baffled me. It's like saying there is a rape suspect in an area where five women have been raped. Their descriptions of the perp state he is dark complextion, black hair, black mustache, with an gold earring in his right ear. The cops are then told to drag all blonde, white guys in. It doesn't make sense not to profile when you have a description of those committing the crime.