<p>Behavior profiling is justified. Racial profiling isn't. People commonly cite statistics about how racial profiling works because minorities are more likely to commit crimes, but these stats are skewed. If the police are looking for more minority criminals, they'll inevitably find them.</p>
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If you don't like racial profiling, what about simple profiling? Would you be willing to detain people of (Here's that word again) profile? For example, if the police have been told by a victim that the suspect is an Hispanic male with long hair, are the police justified to investigate all Hispanic males with long hair that live around the community?
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I think I'm missing your delineation here of what is and what is not racial profiling. Investigating all Hispanic males with long hair is racial profiling and is unjustified, unless something other than appearance links them to the crime.</p>