Posted on 01/03/2017 7:38:01 PM PST by Olog-hai
Cologne police have been accused of racial profiling after targeting men of North African appearance on New Year’s Eve. In the US racial profiling is illegal, but in Germany and the UK, the law isn’t that clear.
There is no law in Germany that explicitly prevents a police officer from stopping and checking someone for the way he or she looks. Police in Cologne have drawn some criticism for focusing their attention on men who looked as if they might come from North Africa this past New Year’s Eve. They have denied the accusations of racial profiling, even though the practice isn’t expressly forbidden in Germany. […]
Germany does have an anti-discrimination law. The general law of equal treatment (AGG) states that all people should be treated equally and not be disadvantaged because of their race, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation or a disability. […]
This law is not applicable in potential racial profiling cases, however, as it covers only interactions between two private parties: for example, between employers and employees. Interactions between the state — represented by police — and an individual do not fall under this law. …
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When are people going to figure out .. you can PROFILE without consideration for race - unless that just happens to be the race of the person you are searching for.
It’s that simple. It’s easy to learn to profile - simple mannerisms are the key to profiling. Most police units today teach mannerism profiling. It’s a fascinating thing .. and I love to just watch people in a public place. I have no motive; I just observe.
They’re using “North African” as a euphemism for “Muslim”, which is one problem in and of itself. And now even the euphemism was under attack, so the police tried to abbreviate it to “Nafri”, but that’s even under attack now that it was found out.
Cologne PD “racial profiled” this New Year’s. The result? 100% fewer sexual assaults.
That’s a BINGO.
“Racial profiling” is just a sleazy way to attack white people who are in any position of power. You can’t be a cop without profiling .
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