Objectivity, Like Prejudice, Is In the Eye of the Beholder
In my ongoing crusade to point out that racism exists north and west of the Mason-Dixon Line, I want to commend the police in Jon’s adopted hometown. In case you missed the News of the Weird mention, here it is:
The Los Angeles Police Department announced in April that it had investigated 320 complaints against its officers last year for alleged “racial profiling” and found that not a single one was valid. The Los Angeles Times reported that that was at least the sixth consecutive year that LAPD reported a perfect record on racial profiling.
Isn’t that great folks? For six years, the LAPD found itself 100 percent free of officers who pull people over because they’re driving while black, Hispanic, or Muslim. That means every single, solitary time anyone was pulled by the agency, it was for good reason. Like, they really did fail to turn on their headlights while their wipers were on, or they were a mile over the posted speed limit. Glad to know there’s one place in this country where our men and women in blue are so fair-minded!
