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My name is Shawn Matlock, and I have been racially profiled. Again.

By Shawn Matlock

Yeah.  I know.  I am a danger to society.  A menace.  A criminal in waiting.  Except, not.It appears our friendly neighborhood  Fort Worth Police Department have it out for me.  Again.  If you will recall, I posted some time ago (can't remember when, though) about driving the back way to my house from the local Lowe's and getting pulled over for "fitting the profile" of someone that shouldn't be in the area.  It wasn't a nice part of town and I was dressed as anything but a lawyer.  The officer asked to search my car, I protested, and I thought I was going to jail.  While I certainly never agreed with the search request, I could at least understand where the cop was coming from, but only if I ignored everything I learned in law school and what I believe in and realized I lived in a police state...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Matlock Blog on January 08, 2009 (boomark / email).