One of the controversial photos released by the FBI
Debate Swirls Around 2 Men on a Ferry -William Yardley
Earlier this summer a concerned crew member of a Washington State ferry boat snapped pictures of two men who had raised suspicions on several ferry rides by asking questions about structural details and entering areas of the boats that are off limits.
Now, after the Federal Bureau of Investigation released two photographs of the men to the public with the goal of identifying them, a debate has erupted over alleged racial profiling...
Muslim groups have said the release of the photographs amounted to profiling because the men could be perceived as Middle Eastern.
Mr. [Larry] Carr [special agent, F.B.I.] disputed the idea that the agency was profiling based on race or nationality. He noted that the ferry has had 150 million riders since the terror attacks of Sept. 11 and that a great number of those riders had dark skin and were of different nationalities.
“If there’s profiling going on,” Mr. Carr said, “we would have hundreds of these pictures every day.”
[New York Times]
1 comment:
I think if anyone asks structural questions or is found in off limits areas there is going to be further investigation. I agree there is no evidence of profiling here.
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