Truemors
Sixty five years ago in the State of California Americans facilitated the largest modern day racial profiling program against Japanese American Citizens. In that as it may be, history has a knack of repeating itself. The Los Angeles Police Deptpartment's counterterrorism bureau plans to racially profile Muslims. According to AP reports, LAPD Deputy Chief Michael P. Downing stated "We want to know where the Pakistanis, Iranians and Chechens are so we can reach out to those communities."
"History never looks like history when you are living through it. It
always looks confusing and messy, and it always feels uncomfortable." John W. Gardner
Words of wisdom and oh so applicable to our times.
The LAPD's counterterrorism bureau plans to identify Muslim enclaves in order to determine which might be likely to become isolated and susceptible to "violent, ideologically based extremism," said Deputy Chief Michael P. Downing on Thursday."We want to know where the Pakistanis, Iranians and Chechens are so we can reach out to those communities," said Downing, who heads the counterterrorism bureau.
Downing said the plan is still in its early stages, but the LAPD wants to work with a Muslim partner and intends to have the data assembled by the University of Southern California's Center for Risk and Economic Analysis.
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