I Got Myself Arrested So I Could Look Inside the Justice System

Re:I Got Myself Arrested So I Could Look Inside the Justice ... by refurb on Tuesday December 17, 2013 @04:03PM (#6923953)

I had a similar conversation before about profiling and I have to agree. I'm a male, 18-35 yrs old. If I go to the airport and they stop me, but let a 70 yr old Grandmother by because I look like the bigger threat, then I think they are doing their job.

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Re:I Got Myself Arrested So I Could Look Inside the Justice ... by dredwerker on Tuesday December 17, 2013 @05:38PM (#6924483)

This is how a scout leader ran drugs through an airport.

Surely terrorists/drug dealers would dress up like grandmothers if we think like this.

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Re:I Got Myself Arrested So I Could Look Inside the Justice ... by refurb on Tuesday December 17, 2013 @07:53PM (#6925107)

I don't disagree, Chechen bombings in Russia have used women for that exact reason.

It's a tired cliche, and I know it's not something you can do in the US, but Israeli's have a pretty good profiling system in place. You don't base it purely on race or gender, but they are factors with the biggest discriminator being your story under questioning.

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Re:I Got Myself Arrested So I Could Look Inside the Justice ... by lmm on Tuesday December 17, 2013 @06:06PM (#6924630)

It takes a lot of skill to pass as an old person (e.g. walking the right way); our intuitions are good at spotting there's something "off". And anyone caught disguising themselves as a grandmother would immediately be under massive suspicion.

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