In my early 20's I stopped at a liquor store for cigarettes. I smoked in those days. The clerk was a guy I had gone school with. While leaving the store I backed out while searching in the paper bag for my cigarettes. As I reached the door, I heard someone, in a not friendly tone, tell me not to move. It turned out 2 sheriff deputies were driving by and thought I was robbing the store. I wasn't a big thing after I changed my underwear. I think they might have had to change theirs too.

Another time I was returning home after working at a bar. The crossing arms at the railroad tracks were down and 2 sheriffs officers were there. I asked them if they would like the cheap rope I had to tie the arms up. They said no and raised the arms so I could continue. They then followed me home and when I parked they put their spotlight on me so I put my 5 cell flashlight on them They asked if I lived there. I said no and that I was going to rob the place. They asked be where I was coming from and when I told them I'd just close the bar where I worked as a bouncer they wished my a goodnight. Profiled because it was 3:00 am.

My last story, I have others but not now, concerned a call I made to report vandalism on my car. Someone had taken a piece of rebar and ran it through my radiator. As I was driving tp work, the car overheated. I pulled over popped the radiator cap and suffered severe 2nd burns to my hand and forearm. he sheriff came out to take a report and one of the officers said that it looked to him like I'd caused the damage myself. After I explained to him that he lacked the intelligence on a one celled life form and explained that his parent were obviously unmarried. He got right in my face. This caused me to offer to help him to have a complete facial make over, his partner grabbed him and drug him away. At the same time my dad grabbed me and pulled him away. There is no doubt that had not cooler heads prevailed, I would have put a world of hurt on the jerk, and I would have had the crap kicked out of me by half a dozen of his friends.

The moral is shit happens. Some goos, some bad, some scary, and it happens to everyone. Not just African-Americans

1. Police don't answer questions until their questions are answered. It's the way things look. The only time they'll answer a question is if it jelps to answer theirs.

2. Your 4th amendment rights do not go away if you are out of your house. There's no need to go any farther.

3. Do you really believe that it's only "blacks" that are profiled? Anyone in a house that has been reported to be broken into is being "profiled" as a possible criminal.

4. The police are trained to not let situation get out of control. To this end, they will arrests someone if it seems likely that such an action will male thing calmer.

5. "Profiling" 101. Anyone in a high crime area is a suspect because they are in a high crime area. A "black" in a white area is a a suspect. A "white" in a black area is a suspect, don't kid youselves, they are suspect. Anyone driving after the bars close is a drunk. Anyone the police stop is looking to kill them.

These are simple truths. The police aren't your mother, father or minister. They are not you friends. They are tasked to try and keep order and apprenhend criminals. They meet more assholes in a week that you've met in your life. They can be and are killed during traffic stops and simply for knocking on a door.

Think about it.

Wearing a firearm openly erodes your rights? Then what does carrying a concealed weapon do? Are you "rights" rotected by concealed carry? How about those jurisdictions that allow the possession of loaded fireaems in a car by law biding citizens? You really must think harder before postinf this drivel,

And when we have lowered the bar on what is allowed, when we have committed oiurselves to torture, who will protect our solders? Why can't our families be killed andtirtured and raped?

Stop thinking that all is fair in war, unless you want to be tarred with the same brush as the SS. If we are willing to do nything to win, HOW CAN WE BE SUPERIOR TO OUR OPPONENTS WHO WILL DO ANYTHING TO WIN?

War is not a moral act, but taking the road that anything is acceptable is unacceptable.