U’ Students Want Crime Alerts To Avoid Using Racial Descriptions

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

And in more absurd politically correct insanity. Students don't want authorities to note use racial descriptions..

http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2014/01/29/u-students-want-crime-alerts-to-avoid-using-racial-descriptions/

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – School officials at the University of Minnesota are working with black student and facility organizations after they wrote a letter to the school’s president about the racial descriptions given in crime alerts.
The letter, sent on Dec. 6, 2013, was issued by members of the African American and African Studies, Black Faculty and Staff Association, Black Graduate and Professional Student Association, Black Men’s Forum, Black Student Union and Huntley House for African American Males.
It was directed to University President Eric Kaler and Pamela Wheelock, the vice president of University Services.
Students and staff mailed the letter more than a month after the campus went on lockdown because of an attempted robbery at Anderson Hall on Nov. 11, 2013. University of Minnesota Police wrongfully identified a student as the suspect.
On Tuesday, school officials reported there have been 25 robberies in and around the University, an increase of 27 percent over the last few years.
The organizations wrote that while campus safety is crucial, the profiling can be devastating for black male students.
“[We] unanimously agree that campus safety should be of the UMPD’s utmost importance; however, efforts to reduce crime should never be at the expense of our Black men, or any specific group of people likely to be targeted. In addition to causing Black men to feel unsafe and distrusted, racial profiling is proven to inflict negative psychological effects on its victims.”
At Wednesday’s forum, Ian Taylor Jr., president of the Black Men’s Forum, said members of his organization feel threatened when the use of a racial description is given in the crime alerts.
“The repeated black, black, black suspect,” Taylor said. “And what that does it really discomforts the mental and physical comfort for students on campus because they feel like suspicions begin to increase.”
The letter then gave 12 recommendations to UMPD Chief Gregory Hestness on how to improve their response.
The recommendations include requiring officers to attend diversity training, and attach a link on crime alerts to the U’s no-tolerance policy on racial profiling.
On Jan. 27, 2014, a formal letter was issued by Wheelock.
“I am concerned that members of your organizations and others in the University community believe there to be an increase in racial profiling,” Wheelock said. “As I stated earlier profiling will not be tolerated on campus. If there is a concern or complaint about University police practices, both Chief Hestness and I are committed to investigating the matter promptly and thoroughly.”
She did disagree with the organizations when it comes to excluding racial descriptions in the alerts.
“I firmly believe that a well-informed community is an asset to public safety…I believe that sharing more information in our Crime Alerts, not less, is most beneficial in terms of public safety, especially when that information is available.
The information we share can include a complete description of suspects, unique identifying characteristics such as an accent or a distinctive piece of clothing, or the description of vehicles involved.
We have reviewed what other Big Ten Universities and local colleges and universities include, and our practice of including the race of a suspect when it is available from a victim’s description is consistent with their practices.”

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In addition to causing Black men to feel unsafe and distrusted, racial profiling is proven to inflict negative psychological effects on its victims.

At Wednesday’s forum, Ian Taylor Jr., president of the Black Men’s Forum, said members of his organization feel threatened when the use of a racial description is given in the crime alerts.

Ok, so I need you and Marvin and Jinx and Janelle to hook a brutha up, since I am only black from the waist down; I need the opinion of genuine all-black people.

Is black a race?

If so, why?

If not (and I think not), why does it come up so much?

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Semantics. Because denying that black is a race means that nowhere in the USA do black people experience or have ever experienced racism.

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Ok, so I need you and Marvin and Jinx and Janelle to hook a brutha up, since I am only black from the waist down; I need the opinion of genuine all-black people.

Is black a race?

If so, why?

If not (and I think not), why does it come up so much?

Nature Boy doesn't count, he's the honorary black guy when no black people are around.

It's the same like saying the white race is dying out. You'll hear it used in the same context. It should be the human race, but people love to separate us, since we're not on the same level as white people(so they think).

It comes up because it's the nature of racism. Just like this article. The reason why black people don't want to use racial descriptions is because being black is reason enough to get pulled over, searched, or arrested. When the perp is white(white male) there's a distinct difference. They'll break the schematics down to find out who he is. When it's a black male, it's just that. There was an article a few weeks ago about a town that put in the paper looking for a black male acting suspiciously. That's it, no clothes, no description, just a black man. I believe they corrected it once folks started complaining.

I've been told straight to my face, I look more threatening because of my skin color, even though I'm not in any shape or form a violent person.

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Heaven forbid that citizens and police are given the most detailed description available, they actually might wind up identifying and arresting someone. Better to limit knowledge to the general public so they can be of no assistance to police or know when they might be sitting next to a homicide suspect. Why even issue a BOLO without the most accurate details? You are just making everyone a suspect and putting public safety below political correctness. Why should police withhold information from society just to make one certain group of people happy? If they are tired of hearing their group being identified all the time, maybe they should police their own ranks and work on solutions from inside their group that prevent or reduce these incidents instead drafting petitions and bills attempting to mask the problem. I do not see why public safety has to be jeopardized because one group of people think they are being targeted in BOLOs without probable cause.

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Heaven forbid that citizens and police are given the most detailed description available, they actually might wind up identifying and arresting someone. Better to limit knowledge to the general public so they can be of no assistance to police or know when they might be sitting next to a homicide suspect. Why even issue a BOLO without the most accurate details? You are just making everyone a suspect and putting public safety below political correctness. Why should police withhold information from society just to make one certain group of people happy? If they are tired of hearing their group being identified all the time, maybe they should police their own ranks and work on solutions from inside their group that prevent or reduce these incidents instead drafting petitions and bills attempting to mask the problem. I do not see why public safety has to be jeopardized because one group of people think they are being targeted in BOLOs without probable cause.

I guess any black person will do for you.

[lostinblue 1,989]

If a you had a serial rapist was in the area who mainly attacked African American women and was a white male.you still would complain about race being an issue?... There have been serial killers that go for decades without being caught. They should instead if NOT allowing race to be used MAKE it a point to include it in every crime. White Black, Hispanic. This would not be an issue for black students if they were in the south west and THEY were targets of Hispanic on Black crime.

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‘Knockout’ suspect bizarrely claims self-defense and says he attacked one Brooklyn woman because he was ‘feeling ill’: court papers
Barry Baldwin, 35, pleaded not guilty to the six assaults he allegedly committed in November and December. He said he was acting in self-defense and offered a host of other weird excuses, according to court papers filed Wednesday.

Barry Baldwin is charged with a string of assaults that some called related to the “Knockout game.”

A Brooklyn man charged with a string of assaults on women — including a 78-year-old — that some connected to the violent “knockout game” bizarrely claimed self-defense in all the attacks, according to court documents released Wednesday.

Barry Baldwin, 35, pleaded not guilty to six attacks last November and December in which he allegedly punched random passers-by, five of them Jewish females.

He said he was acting in self-defense when confessing to detectives,

He described an alleged Dec. 7 assault on a 20-year-old as “a love tap” and said “he had to swat her off because she was too close to him.”

On the Dec. 27 attack on his final alleged victim, who was on her cell phone, he said: “I hit her on the head in self-defense because of the way she looked.” Excusing other incidents, he rambled, “because I was feeling ill” and “because of things that were happening around me.”

Most of the victims — whose ages range from 20 to 78-years-old

‘I slugged 78-year-old woman in self-defense’

http://nypost.com/2014/01/29/knockout-guy-i-slugged-78-year-old-other-women-in-self-defense/

So people should not be on the alert for this person if they are walking in their neighborhood? It is called situational awareness. Six assaults in 2 months but please don't mention his race he might be "OFFENDED"

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Knockout suspect bizarrely claims self-defense and says he attacked one Brooklyn woman because he was feeling ill: court papers

Barry Baldwin, 35, pleaded not guilty to the six assaults he allegedly committed in November and December. He said he was acting in self-defense and offered a host of other weird excuses, according to court papers filed Wednesday.

Barry Baldwin is charged with a string of assaults that some called related to the Knockout game.

A Brooklyn man charged with a string of assaults on women including a 78-year-old that some connected to the violent knockout game bizarrely claimed self-defense in all the attacks, according to court documents released Wednesday.

Barry Baldwin, 35, pleaded not guilty to six attacks last November and December in which he allegedly punched random passers-by, five of them Jewish females.

He said he was acting in self-defense when confessing to detectives,

He described an alleged Dec. 7 assault on a 20-year-old as a love tap and said he had to swat her off because she was too close to him.

On the Dec. 27 attack on his final alleged victim, who was on her cell phone, he said: I hit her on the head in self-defense because of the way she looked. Excusing other incidents, he rambled, because I was feeling ill and because of things that were happening around me.

Most of the victims whose ages range from 20 to 78-years-old

I slugged 78-year-old woman in self-defense

http://nypost.com/2014/01/29/knockout-guy-i-slugged-78-year-old-other-women-in-self-defense/

So people should not be on the alert for this person if they are walking in their neighborhood? It is called situational awareness. Six assaults in 2 months but please don't mention his race he might be "OFFENDED"

Well if he was wearing that sweet hat 24/7 that would have been enough possibly to identify him. Unfortunately, a hat can be removed.

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If a you had a serial rapist was in the area who mainly attacked African American women and was a white male.you still would complain about race being an issue?... There have been serial killers that go for decades without being caught. They should instead if NOT allowing race to be used MAKE it a point to include it in every crime. White Black, Hispanic. This would not be an issue for black students if they were in the south west and THEY were targets of Hispanic on Black crime.

Yes, because it's not all white men. It's a white male, does that mean the entire race of white men are guilty?

Stop dealing in absolutes, unless that's how you want be judged. Because, you're a gun owner right? Do you think it's fair that you should be held responsible for any gun shooting rampage?

Well if he was wearing that sweet hat 24/7 that would have been enough possibly to identify him. Unfortunately, a hat can be removed.

Lost has in issue with black people. It's that simple.

[Danno 1,228]

It's the same like saying the white race is dying out. You'll hear it used in the same context. It should be the human race, but people love to separate us, since we're not on the same level as white people(so they think).

It comes up because it's the nature of racism. Just like this article. The reason why black people don't want to use racial descriptions is because being black is reason enough to get pulled over, searched, or arrested. When the perp is white(white male) there's a distinct difference. They'll break the schematics down to find out who he is. When it's a black male, it's just that. There was an article a few weeks ago about a town that put in the paper looking for a black male acting suspiciously. That's it, no clothes, no description, just a black man. I believe they corrected it once folks started complaining.

I've been told straight to my face, I look more threatening because of my skin color, even though I'm not in any shape or form a violent person.

MArv, if a certain variety of dogs were in population decline, would we avoid naming that variety or just say "dogs are in decline" even though it was not true for all dogs?

Evolution has blessed us with a diversity of mankind, the groups are remarkably similar but also in other ways remarkably different.

You make this huge assumption that because whites often prevailed everywhere they went that the locals did not have "racist" opinions of their own concerning whites.

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Would you also object to a news report which said "a man" robbed the bank, if that was all the info available due to the mask?