Tuesday
Aug242004
Tuesday, August 24, 2004 at 04:40PM
"Three years ago, the Syracuse Common Council passed
legislation to stop racial profiling. But city officials still do
not know if the problem exists in the Police Department. Whether it
exists there or not is yet to be seen. The city hired Jeffery Chin, a
professor at Le Moyne, to review thousands of traffic reports to see if
the problem exists. He says there was not enough information to draw a
conclusion." [more ]
Unless you have to -please don't drive through Syracuse while they're
conducting this experiment. You might catch a beat down;
than they'll think they've discovered something.