The Financial Express (Delhi Edition)
Trump proposes racial profiling
June 20: Republican Donald Trump said on Sunday the United States should consider more racial profiling, in response to a question about whether he supported greater law enforcement scrutiny of Muslim Americans after the Orlando mass shooting.
“I think profiling is something that we're going to have to start thinking about as a country,” Trump told CBS’ "Face the Nation."
“You look at Israel and you look at others, and they do it and they do it successfully. And you know, I hate the concept of profiling,but we have to start using common sense,” he said when asked if he supported increased profiling of Muslims in America.
Trump made similar commentslast December about profiling, the targeting of specific demographic groups for extra scrutiny, after a Muslim Americanand his wife killed 14 people in San Bernardino, California.
Last week, Trump, the presumptiveRepublican presidential nominee for the November 8 election, sparked criticism from many in his party for his comments on American Muslimsafter the Orlando attack on Sunday, in which a US-born Muslim man killed 49 people at a gay nightclub.
In a speech on national securityon Monday, Trump stood by his call for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States and proposed a suspension of immigration from countries with “a proven history of terrorism.”
He also said the Muslim community had to “cooperate with law enforcement and turn in the people who they know are bad.”
Hillary Clinton, the presumptive Democratic nominee, has said the comments show Trump is unfit to be president. The Florida gunman, Omar Mateen, was born in the United States to Afghan parents. During a three-hour siege at the club, he expressed support for Islamic State, but officials believe he was “self-radicalised.” Reuters