Can you believe this Hispanics claim racial profiling yet Hispanics only got 24 tickets out of 166 in June ?
Alexander Mayor Shirley Johnson says allegations of racial profiling won't stand up. Of 166 tickets issued in June, only 24 were given to Hispanics, she said.
Arnoldo Giron, a native of Guatemala, said Officer Tommy Leath cited him for driving with an obstructed view after noticing a rosary dangling from his rear view mirror. Ruben Duarte, also cited by Leath, had small Mexican and Guatemalan flags on his rear window. Leath also said Edvin Giron's tree-shaped air freshener posed a hazard.
"I don't think they have probable cause to stop them at all. I think he's targeting Hispanics," said lawyer Reggie Koch, a former police officer who is seeking class-action status in federal court.
Koch's suit also claims that, while Arnoldo Giron had a valid driver's licenses from Guatemala, Leath cited him for driving under a suspended Arkansas license, which carries a stiffer penalty than driving without any license at all.http://www.nwaonline.net/articles/2007/0...
This has been going on since the sixties, maybe even the fifties. You used to get a ticket for fuzzy dice on the rear view mirror. This is where the law came from. It was originally targeted at the fuzzy dice. It goes back to the days when cops started ticketing for loud mufflers, lack of fenders, and front bumpers too low to the ground. It was a response to the greasers and the hotrodders and the drag racers.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
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Yea for the cops, I hope they keep giving them tickets. Anything hanging from a rear view mirror is blocking the view , somewhat. Apparently that was a illegal, and of course they are going to yell, profiling. About time cops are give the right to stop any car that looks like it's occupants are illegals. If they love their country so much , they fly their Mexican flags and put the decals of Mexico on the cars, then they need to be back in the country they love. Mexico. I say Goodbye and go home!! who cares, stop them all, and check their legal status.
Obstucting one's view because of religious superstition, should be sternly punished.
the real consideration is not how many violations are given to hispanics out of the total, but the appropriate percentage.
if hispanics make up 20% of the population and 40% of the tickets? yeah, that's a problem.
24/166 is about 14.5%
if the hispanic population is anything less than, say 8%? that's gotta be profiling.
You are fortunate to have under 20% of your population as illegal alien. In Chicago, 33% of our population consists of illegal aliens.
Illinois taxpayers pay $3.5 billion per year to educate illegal aliens and their children.
If the teachers union wants less students per classroom, they need to demand immediate border control and enforcement of our immigration laws.
Of course, if the race card is the only one in your deck, we expect you to exploit it to the fullest.
Stop being a victim and start being accountable for your own actions. Start respecting the laws in this country. A nice start would be to GO HOME if you are here illegally. Take a few of your relatives under each arm, won't you?
I guess they want special treatment.
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