Supreme Court to Rule on Racial Profiling

The New Republic magazine complains:

President Trump’s Department of Homeland Security just asked the Supreme Court for permission to racially profile the immigrants it’s hunting.

The administration requested that the Supreme Court pause the injunction blocking them from carrying out their “roving” immigration raids in Los Angeles, which involve them being able to simply accost and harass anyone who is speaking Spanish or who looks like they might, whether it be at their job, their school, their place of worship, or more.

“Likewise, apparent ethnicity can be a factor supporting reasonable suspicion in appropriate circumstances — for instance, if agents know that the members of a criminal organization under investigation are disproportionately members of one ethnic group — even if it would not be relevant in other circumstances,” the request reads.

Profiling is essential to police work.

It is not so well known, but a lot of academic research supports predicting criminality and many other traits from faces. It can all be computerized to reduce racial and other biases. See this video:

Join Malcolm and Simone as they delve into the controversial and data-heavy topic of predicting personal traits from facial features. From the discredited study of phrenology to modern AI research, they discuss the potential and ethical implications of determining criminality, political views, sexuality, aggression, and even socioeconomic status just by looking at someone's face. With references to various scientific studies and a touch of humor, this episode offers a thought-provoking look at the intersection of technology, genetics, and human behavior.

Here is a 2011 paper that include pictures, so you can decide for yourself if you can pick out the criminals.

ICE is current under a court order that not only bans racial profiling, but other kinds of profiling also, such as looking for illegal aliens in places that illegals are known to frequent. How else is ICE supposed to do its job?

Profiling is necessary for law enforcement. It always has been. We need a law that lets the police do their jobs.

For another view, see this John Oliver rant. He has been living in the USA for about 20 years, and he is still trying to learn American English. He has mainly learned f**k and s**t.