Either search EVERYBODY or search all those who fit the profile/description. See my post #49.
I think what has everyone panties in a bunch is plain old fashion poor choice of wording, by using the word "RANDOM".
I for one, am for searching with probable cause any suspicious persons. Call it instinct, profiling or whatever you like, it's obvious a certain few in a well recognized group of people have been established as terrorists. I haven't seen many old ladies with shopping bags blow things up, but there have been a few guys from middle eastern backgrounds. So we should shake them down.
Heck I don't mind getting my stuff searched. Just hope the guy next to me isn't carrying an explosive and sets it off in the search line.
Look everyone, this is a no win situation for the cops. They want to help stop this stuff, but if we are just going to argue back and forth, then guess who wins? Yup the terrorists.
No, it isn't a poor choice of words. It's a poor choice of tactics. And, IMO, it's a violation of the Constitution.
Random is the correct word to describe the searches, because they ARE random.
They want to help stop this stuff, but if we are just going to argue back and forth, then guess who wins? Yup the terrorists.
The terrorists will win if we don't find them and kill them. They are committed to either kill us or convert us. Random searches will not find them, other than one or two by chance here and there.