Thursday, May 25th, 2006
Yup. Racial Profiling Works Wonders.
CNN reported recently that some goofball named Gregory Despres was waved through the U.S.-Canadian border, in spite of the fact that he was "carrying a homemade sword, a hatchet, a knife, brass knuckles and a chain saw stained with what appeared to be blood."
Despres was later implicated in a brutal dual-slaying in his hometown of Minto, New Brunswick.
For the record, this is the official photo of Despres released to the press:
So, apprently, because he’s the "right race" and doesn’t answer to Muhammed, Ackbar, or Osama, he gets waved through without so much as a second glance - never mind the bloody chainsaw or the various stabbity implements that should’ve brought on numerous weapons violations. Good ol’ white, Christian boys couldn’t possibly be responsible for random acts of terror - or so the Ann Coulters and Michael Savages of the world would have you believe.
‘Tis to make one roll one’s eyes.
Note: Yeah…you’d think I’d have learned by now not to trust CNN’s web material to stay up for more than a few days…Anyway, here’s the link at MSRNC…
(See original post on the old blog here - originally posted Jun. 9, 2005 3:25 AM)
