This country is so screwed up. Too much government in the peoples faces at every turn. That is not a government of the people by the people its Big Brother peeking his ugly head out of the closet.

Follow the money. Who is sponsoring this bill and who has the loudest or richest voice? ACLU maybe? Or is this just a personal thing Doyle just thought up.

Governor Doyle, if you want less minorities in prison it's very simple. Legalize drugs. Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP).

Oh my aching arse your kidding me right? Doyle your kidding tell me your kidding? Good greif

Ozzyman, yes that is a racist comment. The black woman was the middle car and was not speeding. It was daylight and the officer had plenty of time to see the drivers. Three attorney's watched the entire event and there is no doubt it was racial profiling.

People that do crimes, shouldn't complain when you get caught. If you don't like it, stop do'in the crimes! Dah!

The sorry thing happening is our officials trying to use the budget as a back door for their social engineering projects. That is not the purpose of a budget. Let those issues stand on their own. If the situation is that important Doyle should propose stand alone legislation.

well said ozzman... that is truth, and is a very valid point...

yes, sandman does have very valid points.... leostime36, I'm just as curious as you about that concept...

People of different races tend to commit different crimes. If your looking for a drug dealer chances are they are going to be black or hispanic. If you wan to nail a bank embezzler chances are they are going to be white. The police deal mainly with street crime (shootings, robberies, drug dealing) while in their patrol cars. Street crime offenders are generally going to be darker skinned people. Now the guy who is running the drug ring at the top, he is probably white and is involved in money laundering,extortion, racketeering, fraud etc. If thats a racist comment then so be it but its true

Sandman has very valid points. Just curious why the need for bass thumping and laying back in the car seat so far they look like they are laying down. I have seen all races do this and don't understand it. Can anyone enlighten me?

JMO, but I feel as though the minorities that are jailed/imprisioned are there for a reason--they broke the law... many of those men/women have given the local authorities and judicial system reason to be incarcerated to begin with... I'm not saying that those people that are caucasian that are locked up are innocent, but statistics have shown an increased number of african americans/hispanics/asians, making those that are caucasian more of the minority... if a person is locked up, it's no one else's fault but their own for breaking the law to begin with.... it's not right to view the increased numbers of any one majority or minority group that is incarcerated as being racist... it all falls on the individual that was convicted of an illegal act or is a repeat offender, not the race/color/creed of a person...

That is very possible; however, why should the cop get looked at as a profilier if the black woman was the only one to pull over?

Perhaps the cop did want to pull over all three cars, but only the black woman stopped. Perhaps this is because the white people knew they could talk their way out of any trouble, while the black woman knew she would have no such luck.

Just a question how could the cop pull over all 3 cars? I bet he chose the one who was lagging behind a bit and caught the yellow light runner that was last one through. Sheesh I can't see that it would be easy to determine race, let alone sex of a person from behind when looking for possible redlight runners. Now what if this woman had gotten into a accident for running that light, would that still be racial profiling if you gave her a ticket for actualy causing a accident?

Illinois has been doing this for awhile. When its dark out or the car is speeding by the officer can not always see the race of the driver. Its a pain in the rear for the officer to have to fill out the forms for each traffic stop.

Three cars are seen going through a yellow light on Milton ave and you think the cop who pulled one of the three over had time to make a determination as to the color of each vehicals drivers? They were probably going 40-50 mph. The cop barely had time to determine which three cars went through muchless the race of all the drivers.

Racial profiling is alive and florishing in Rock County, and some of your comments just support the racism that prevails. If you don't think profiling is taking place perhaps you can explain why the following event occurred. Last summer three cars with professionals, in business suits, were on Milton ave coming back from a workday lunch. Two were Lexus cars and one car a sedan. They all went through the same yellow light and the only car stopped by the Janesville police was the one in the middle, containing the black woman driving one of the Lexus cars. This individual was then given a ticket for running a yellow light. However the cars with white drivers going through the same light, not stopped, no ticket. So all the arguments about racial groups commiting more crimes are not accurate, the white and black drivers had committed the same traffic offense, the police just selected the minority to sanction.

Well said Sandman.

yeah, sure prevention. Keep making excuses for the minorities that think it's OK to break the law. Your comment that "White people are better able to 'talk themselves out of trouble" is pure stupidity.

Until people (black, brown, white, green or purple) can take accountability for their own actions, there will always be people screaming "racism". It's so much easier to blame it on "the man".

From 2 am to 4 am a cop pulls over 3 cars. All of them have black drivers. Should the cop be looked at for profiling?

Sandman says it all. The real problem here is called "Doyle".

where do I sign up for this job,I need 50,000 plus benifits and a car,but I can work out of my house.

More minorities are in prison because more of them break the law. and this is true and why do people get mad when you say this.and white
girls that date blk men have a tendency to commit crime ?

Right! It couldn't possibly be that a certain group has a disproportionate number of lawbreakers. It couldn't possibly be that another certain group has a disproportionate number of law abiding citizens.

What part of racial profiling is not understood? Yes, there is a higher percentage that minorities are in the prison system. Why? White people are better able to 'talk themselves out of trouble.' Again, what part of racial profiling is not understood here?

Never once when I was in a vehicle whether mine or a friends that was pulled over did we all have to get out and sit on curb and I IMO know the difference as to why after seeing it done to a select group over the years. "TIME FOR CHANGE"

How dare a minority drive a nice vehicle or have what most others do!!!! "sarcasism here" profiling reguardless of race and or income level is not right and needs to change.. And some posts in here helps to make my point..... JMO

This is one of the greatest things IMO they have suggested as I think there is a big issue with the racial profiling, and traffic stops. And how they are treated as to when pulled over and I have seen this myself on numerous occations, They make them get out of vehicle if more then one occupant and have them sit on the curb. I raised 2 minority boys (nephews) into adulthood and have experienced some of this and it is not right. Until they see the statistics and the truth of them I hope, Then maybe it will end or at least looked into and something done to change it. I also hope they can see the difference in sentencing in the court system as to time given for same charges where race is concerned IMO.........Not only race but lower income individuals and what certain people consider lower class people.

Sandman after reading this story I was pretty reved up and after reading your comment I gotta say THANK YOU!!!!! You covered everything I was thinking..... So I gotta say thank you for saving me the time. I agree %100 with you Uncle Doyle should just go back to Spain, Loved the Choo-choo comment also!

Utter, complete, enabling BS ... has Doyle really lost it? The obvious answer is YES! In case he hasn't noticed, there's an economic crisis going on ... hello ... anything up there? Perhaps he should go back to Spain and watch the choo-choos if this is the kind of legislation you choose to waste this state's time on!
License your car, properly display the plates, make sure the vehicle's equipment is in working condition, get a DL, stay sober, obey the traffic laws, and keep the drugs and weapons at home -- where the kids can watch 'em, as you sure can't handle 'em. And by the way, turn that stupid thumping bass down while you're at it -- people are turning to look at you 'cause you're an annoying immature simpleton, not 'cause you cool! If you can't do that -- TAKE THE BUS (taxpayers certainly waste enough money keeping that system going for a handful of questionable riders)!
Taken completely out of context with the complete facts of the related traffic stops, just what is this mandatory collection of excuses going to show? Will we ever really be able to leave the "you're just pickin' on me 'cause I'm (fill-in-the-blank-with-your-favorite-personal-excuse-for-lack-of-any-responsibility-whatsoever)" behind us? Likely not -- it's the ultimate spawn of LBJ's probably well-meaning but completely misguided and horribly failed "Great Society" entitlement debacle! They're just picking on "yo" because ... YO'R RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT YOU DO (as we all should ultimately be in a C-I-V-I-L-I-Z-E-D S-O-C-I-E-T-Y)!

I work in a community that is easily 20% minority!

Doyle, let me save the state a few bucks on your study. More minorities are in prison because more of them break the law.

If information is collected it gets used at one time or another. This is a very bad idea.