"It is shocking that the same man who delivered this speech just days earlier called New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly one of the best law enforcement professionals there is and is considering appointing him to head the Department of Homeland Security. There is probably no single individual in America more personally responsible for a systematic unjustifiable racial profiling system than Ray Kelly. Kelly dramatically escalated the racist and unconstitutional stop-and-frisk policy in New York City. According to the NYCLU it was responsible for over half a million stops last year of which 87 percent were Black or Hispanic. Among those stops, 90 percent were innocent. In addition, Kelly is responsible for a widespread spying program on Muslims. Ray Kelly is the biggest promoter and defender of racial profiling tactics. The intellectual disconnect between these two statements issued days apart is almost unfathomable. Ray Kelly is the poster child for the problems of racial profiling in this country and Obama is considering rewarding him with a cabinet level appointment." fdlaction.firedoglake/2013/07/19/how-can-obama-deliver-this-speech-on-racial-profiling-while-considering-ray-kelly/
Posted on: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 20:53:11 +0000