Profiling Trayvon

It's clear from the evidence that Zimmerman only profiled Trayvon based on Trayvons actions; loitering in the rain, wearing a hoodie etc.

But people still insist that Zimmeram profiled Trayvon on race while ignoring that Trayvon told the "ear witness" that Trayvon was profiling Zimmerman based on Zimmermans perceived race.

But this all misses the point. Trayvon was a drug user and, quite likely, a petty thief. If a profile showed him to be a crook it would be right.

The liberal ruckus about all this is really liberals saying that they like crooks and that honest people shouldn't be able to defend themselves by noticing which people are, to use the vernacular, sketch.

Remember that it was Jesse Jackson who said

“There is nothing more painful to me … than to walk down the street and hear footsteps and start thinking about robbery, then look around and see somebody white and feel relieved.”
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/opinion/articles/960318/archive_010008.htm
- See more at: http://theracecardproject.com/jesse-jackson-fears-black-youths-racism-2/#sthash.w3cxqW8S.dpuf

“There is nothing more painful to me … than to walk down the street and hear footsteps and start thinking about robbery, then look around and see somebody white and feel relieved.”
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/opinion/articles/960318/archive_010008.htm
- See more at: http://theracecardproject.com/jesse-jackson-fears-black-youths-racism-2/#sthash.w3cxqW8S.dpuf

“There is nothing more painful to me … than to walk down the street and hear footsteps and start thinking about robbery, then look around and see somebody white and feel relieved.”
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/opinion/articles/960318/archive_010008.htm
- See more at: http://theracecardproject.com/jesse-jackson-fears-black-youths-racism-2/#sthash.w3cxqW8S.dpuf

“There is nothing more painful to me … than to walk down the street and hear footsteps and start thinking about robbery, then look around and see somebody white and feel relieved.”
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/opinion/articles/960318/archive_010008.htm
- See more at: http://theracecardproject.com/jesse-jackson-fears-black-youths-racism-2/#sthash.w3cxqW8S.dpuf

“There is nothing more painful to me … than to walk down the street and hear footsteps and start thinking about robbery, then look around and see somebody white and feel relieved.”
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/opinion/articles/960318/archive_010008.htm
- See more at: http://theracecardproject.com/jesse-jackson-fears-black-youths-racism-2/#sthash.w3cxqW8S.dpuf

“There is nothing more painful to me … than to walk down the street and hear footsteps and start thinking about robbery, then look around and see somebody white and feel relieved.”
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/opinion/articles/960318/archive_010008.htm
- See more at: http://theracecardproject.com/jesse-jackson-fears-black-youths-racism-2/#sthash.w3cxqW8S.dpuf

“There is nothing more painful to me … than to walk down the street and hear footsteps and start thinking about robbery, then look around and see somebody white and feel relieved.” - See more at: http://theracecardproject.com/jesse-jackson-fears-black-youths-racism-2/#sthash.w3cxqW8S.dpuf

“There is nothing more painful to me … than to walk down the street and hear footsteps and start thinking about robbery, then look around and see somebody white and feel relieved.” - See more at: http://theracecardproject.com/jesse-jackson-fears-black-youths-racism-2/#sthash.w3cxqW8S.dpufv

“There is nothing more painful to me … than to walk down the street and hear footsteps and start thinking about robbery, then look around and see somebody white and feel relieved.” - See more at: http://theracecardproject.com/jesse-jackson-fears-black-youths-racism-2/#sthash.w3cxqW8S.dpuf

“There is nothing more painful to me … than to walk down the street and hear footsteps and start thinking about robbery, then look around and see somebody white and feel relieved.” - See more at: http://theracecardproject.com/jesse-jackson-fears-black-youths-racism-2/#sthash.w3cxqW8S.dpuf

"There is nothing more painful to me ... than to walk down the street and hear footsteps and start thinking about robbery, then look around and see somebody white and feel relieved."

The vast majority of Blacks are honest.  Only about 6.6% of Black men 18 and older are incarcerated. Which means 93.4% of Black men are honest; not a bad record. The problem is that only .9% of white men 18 and older are incarcerated.  That means that a randomly selected Black man 18 or older is 7 times more likely to be a crook than a white man 18 or older.

Profiling in dangerous situations is a wise thing to do--few people want to gamble with their lives. Profiling job applicants when there is more time to assess the individual safely is not as wise since as we've seen above the vast majority of Blacks are honest people.

“There is nothing more painful to me … than to walk down the street and hear footsteps and start thinking about robbery, then look around and see somebody white and feel relieved.” - See more at: http://theracecardproject.com/jesse-jackson-fears-black-youths-racism-2/#sthash.w3cxqW8S.dpuf