NYPD to Randomly Inspect Bags

Charles Johnsonfollow me on twitter
Thu Jul 21, 2005 at 12:52 pm PDT • Views: 461

New York Police are going to start randomly checking bags on buses and railways, and in subway stations.

The New York branch of the ACLU is aghast.

“The police can and should be aggressively investigating anyone they suspect is trying to bring explosives into the subway,” said Christopher Dunn, associate legal director at the New York Civil Liberties Union. “However, random police searches of people without any suspicion of wrongdoing are contrary to our most basic constitutional values. This is a very troubling announcement.”

Am I mistaken, or is the NYCLU advocating … profiling?

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