Do you think political bumper stickers affect police tickets vs. police warnings?
It is extremely unlikely that political bumper stickers will affect you in either direction. I’d say it’s probably one in a thousand. Even at that I’d have to say that the net effect would be zero; the jerks that are willing to cite you because of an Obama sticker are probably about as numerous as the jerks who would cite you for a McCain sticker. You’d be surprised, I bet, to hear that the political population of police departments is roughly equivalent to the political population of the general public. Most people just think of police officers as naturally conservative; keep in mind, however, that they are also by definition government employees and largely unionized. Edit: ‘Racial Profiling’ has some small basis in statistical reality. After all there is an absolute bias in the racial makeup of the poor vs. the rich and the ‘prison population’ vs. the general population. (Please note that I am not validating it as probable cause for police contact – I’m only distinguishing it from p
