[McGavin999]

Look, they are trying to catch an escaping killer. It's not like it's the next day, or the next week, it's within minutes of another killing. The white van is ALL they have to go on. They're probably looking at all vehicles, but it's reasonable that they give more attention to white vans.

A lot of the same people who are complaining about airport screeners NOT looking at middle eastern men are the same ones on this thread screaming because the police are looking at white vans.

[PatrioticAmerican]

That is the problem: they don't have a reasonable description of the vehicle. They have "anything white, but not a car" as about the only thing they are looking at. That is crazy.

These butcases can EASILY slip through such a wide focus. Easily. So, it doesn;t even make sense from a "get 'em" standpoint.

If they could say, "White, Dodge van, approximately 1990 model, sliding right door, and two doors in the rear", they could seriously focus, very quickly, on all vehicles matching that description. Instead, they spend hours looking at all white vehicles giving the bad guy plenty of time to make a get away.

They really are not able to stop all traffic in all directions. The bad guy has plenty of time to figure his escape route, and execute the plan. A simple plan is all that is needed to get 10 miles away before any dragnet is placed into action.

It is seriously difficult to make a full fence around a shooting to capture all white vehicles, but it would be much easier to try to catch a particular vehicle.

Besides, I do not mind the police stopping vehicles that match a particular description, but the treatment of the drivers is of concern, cooperative or not.