Slog - Comments on On Racially Profiling the Invisible http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/on_racially_profiling_the_invisible I got a postcard! My name was misspelled, but I’m cool with that. The text, in case you can’t read it: 1) The Seattle police mostly shmooze [sic] + rarely police—when you see a police car parked, there’ll be another one around the corner. 2) On Pine St across from Nordstrom’s, a Fed-Ex driver stopped to deliver a package + got a ticket. This never happens. The driver was Asian. You should check the ethnicity of ticketed drivers. Could police really be racially profiling people for parking tickets? I must demur. After all, parking tickets are issued to unoccupied vehicles,... Copyright 2008 Fri, 16 May 2008 08:47:41 -0800 Fri, 16 May 2008 13:45:55 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by kid icarus What was on the front of the postcard?

]]> kid icarus http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/on_racially_profiling_the_invisible#c1026294 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/on_racially_profiling_the_invisible#c1026294 Mailbag Fri, 16 May 2008 08:51:45 -0800 Comment by El Seven Racial profiling aside, only a journalist could incorrectly correct somebody for misspelling "shmooze".

]]> El Seven http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/on_racially_profiling_the_invisible#c1026295 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/on_racially_profiling_the_invisible#c1026295 Mailbag Fri, 16 May 2008 08:53:01 -0800 Comment by elenchos The crime data don't support the claim that the SPD is sitting around eating donuts and writing tickets to brown people.

Given that the violent crime rate is relatively low, and the non-violent rate is high, and the number of police per capita is the lowest of any city in the US, it's clear that our overwhelmed police are spending all their time chasing down the worst crimes and ignoring most everything else.

And anyway the meter maids, not patrol cars, are the ones writing the tickets.

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/on_racially_profiling_the_invisible#c1026298 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/on_racially_profiling_the_invisible#c1026298 Mailbag Fri, 16 May 2008 08:56:31 -0800 Comment by Dominic Holden @ 1) It's a postcard for The Counterfeiters--a movie about "a genius con-artist put to work by the Nazis." Seems gripping.

]]> Dominic Holden http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/on_racially_profiling_the_invisible#c1026299 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/on_racially_profiling_the_invisible#c1026299 Mailbag Fri, 16 May 2008 08:56:32 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe Cops who write parking tickets are bored and rude. They're never hot, either. They always look like training wheels.

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]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/on_racially_profiling_the_invisible#c1026300 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/on_racially_profiling_the_invisible#c1026300 Mailbag Fri, 16 May 2008 08:59:26 -0800 Comment by DOUG. I bet the cop has an ax to grind with FedEx, not Asian drivers. Maybe his wife owns a UPS store.

]]> DOUG. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/on_racially_profiling_the_invisible#c1026307 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/on_racially_profiling_the_invisible#c1026307 Mailbag Fri, 16 May 2008 09:08:51 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Daniel Bennett Keinecker?

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/on_racially_profiling_the_invisible#c1026308 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/on_racially_profiling_the_invisible#c1026308 Mailbag Fri, 16 May 2008 09:09:17 -0800 Comment by kid icarus @ Fnarf - That's way too lucid for DBK.

]]> kid icarus http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/on_racially_profiling_the_invisible#c1026311 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/on_racially_profiling_the_invisible#c1026311 Mailbag Fri, 16 May 2008 09:13:06 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe @7

No way. Word count is off by a good 500.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/on_racially_profiling_the_invisible#c1026312 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/on_racially_profiling_the_invisible#c1026312 Mailbag Fri, 16 May 2008 09:13:56 -0800 Comment by SDizzle I'm the first to say that racial profiling exists... but I don't think this is a very good example of it.

]]> SDizzle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/on_racially_profiling_the_invisible#c1026313 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/on_racially_profiling_the_invisible#c1026313 Mailbag Fri, 16 May 2008 09:16:04 -0800 Comment by ellarosa of course it's not a good example of racial profiling. "parking while asian"? i don't think so.

]]> ellarosa http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/on_racially_profiling_the_invisible#c1026323 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/on_racially_profiling_the_invisible#c1026323 Mailbag Fri, 16 May 2008 09:27:30 -0800 Comment by catnextdoor I love the way the Stranger staff gets THE most
BAZAAR letters.


And I LOVE that you share them with us.

]]> catnextdoor http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/on_racially_profiling_the_invisible#c1026325 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/on_racially_profiling_the_invisible#c1026325 Mailbag Fri, 16 May 2008 09:29:29 -0800 Comment by lime joy @4: It's quite gripping.

]]> lime joy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/on_racially_profiling_the_invisible#c1026326 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/on_racially_profiling_the_invisible#c1026326 Mailbag Fri, 16 May 2008 09:30:10 -0800 Comment by Gay Seattle Stopping in a moving lane of traffic is a moving violation and not a parking ticket. So I bet this person did get a ticket but is calling it a "parking ticket" like saying “what's the big deal.”

They SPD has been aggressively enforcing this for years, even before closing 3rd Avenue during rush hour. 4th Avenue near Westlake Center is the worst for getting those tickets that count against your insurance.

I warn people about them but they are like “what’s the big deal I am only stopping for 15 seconds?” But any stop to pick someone up will get you a “moving violation” by the motorcycle cops. This is typically done during rush hours.

I remember being stuck behind an Armored Car that had parked to make a pickup during rush hour and was blocking everyone and my partner said “where is the police to give them a ticket?” Why are the police so bias and favor corporate vehicles? I guess they’re finally listening.

]]> Gay Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/on_racially_profiling_the_invisible#c1026340 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/on_racially_profiling_the_invisible#c1026340 Mailbag Fri, 16 May 2008 09:52:23 -0800 Comment by Circ Peep You should see the notes? stories? revelations? we get in some of our newspaper boxes. DBK and the far beyond.

]]> Circ Peep http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/on_racially_profiling_the_invisible#c1026342 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/on_racially_profiling_the_invisible#c1026342 Mailbag Fri, 16 May 2008 09:53:17 -0800 Comment by daniel You can racially profile based on the car. If it's a tricked out civic with a dashboard screen hooked to a ps/2, well....

]]> daniel http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/on_racially_profiling_the_invisible#c1026388 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/on_racially_profiling_the_invisible#c1026388 Mailbag Fri, 16 May 2008 10:28:17 -0800 Comment by hillpagan Movies have postcards?
People can look like training wheels?
I learn so much from you people.

]]> hillpagan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/on_racially_profiling_the_invisible#c1026391 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/on_racially_profiling_the_invisible#c1026391 Mailbag Fri, 16 May 2008 10:31:02 -0800 Comment by Fnarf @9 -- I'm assuming there are twelve more cards in the set that just haven't arrived yet.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/on_racially_profiling_the_invisible#c1026413 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/on_racially_profiling_the_invisible#c1026413 Mailbag Fri, 16 May 2008 10:40:10 -0800 Comment by Dougsf FedEX, UPS, etc. don't get regular traffic tickets. They usually have accounts with the DPT and are billed for their infractions on a monthly basis.

]]> Dougsf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/on_racially_profiling_the_invisible#c1026716 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/on_racially_profiling_the_invisible#c1026716 Mailbag Fri, 16 May 2008 13:45:55 -0800