Comments on: Decatur Police: Resident Misidentified as Emory Rape Suspect in Great Lakes Sighting

By: wagen

wagen — Mon, 03 Mar 2014 19:22:33 +0000

+1000

By: Stephen

Stephen — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 03:49:00 +0000

The “resident of the neighborhood” must feel terrible that he could be mistaken as a rapist or even considered to look or act suspicious like a rapist. Appreciate him having courage to straighten this out so “young lady”, neighbors and police can move on and catch the real criminal.

By: Brad

Brad — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 22:13:33 +0000

Careful, man, there is a beverage here.

Or another favorite, this aggression will not stand, man.

By: At Home in Decatur

At Home in Decatur — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 22:02:39 +0000

Being cautious and calling the police because someone looks like a published police sketch is not profiling. Stopping someone who is definitely doing something that would be considered suspicious, whether he/she were white or black or purple, is not profiling. Stopping someone who would not have been stopped if he were white, is profiling.

By: DEM

DEM — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 15:04:49 +0000

One time, I thought I saw Matt Ryan at a supermarket. Turns out it was just a guy who looks like Matt Ryan.

Misidentification.

One time, I saw a guy walking through my neighbor’s yard looking closely at the house. I thought he was casing the joint. Turns out he wa s a contractor hired to size up a renovation.

Mistaken suspicion.

The difference between the two seems fairly obvious and not at all semantic.