OREGON REDEFINES RACIAL PROFILING
BECAUSE IT CAN

By Judith Haney

USNEWSLINK/October 22, 2001

The State of Oregon is angry at the U.S. Department of Justice over its decision to enforce a federal law which prohibits dispensing drugs for the purpose of assisting a suicide.

So -- Portland, Oregon's police department is refusing to cooperate with U.S. Attorney General Ashcroft's request for assistance in questioning 200 men in the Portland area in connection with the terrorism investigation. The stated reason for the denial of cooperation is: "racial profiling" violates Oregon state law.

What nonsense!

To begin with, there is "probable cause" for the U.S. Department of Justice to interview and detain non-citizen Islamic men. Intelligence sources throughout the world have consistently revealed that terrorist sleeper cells are operating inside the borders of the U.S.

However, as a result of Portland's refusal to provide manpower for the investigation, the U.S. Department of Justice has a better case to present to Congress for additional funding. This current flack underscores, in timely fashion, the reality that the Feds cannot, and should not, rely upon municipalities to supply manpower to do its work.

But, for the record, if Oregon actually believes that thoughtful, informed, citizens of the United States agree with its argument that tracking down and detaining the enemy is 'racial profiling', it is wa-aaay out of touch with reality.

I have lived in Oregon. It is one of the most ethnocentric places in the United States. It has a limited gene pool, i.e., the same pioneer families have occupied the state for 150 years and have intermarried with each other. 98% of the state is white. And those whites hate Californians, and everyone else from across the country, who move into the state. Bashing, and making fun of, newcomers is their favorite past time.

'Racial Profiling'? Oregon can't sell that nonsense to me, I know better!