Mandating Racial Profiling

Yeah, this sounds like a good idea.

The legislation has several logistical hurdles, he said. For one, Wisconsin driver’s licenses don’t list ethnicity or race, so Pettit said officers are usually put in the uncomfortable position of asking a driver or making a broad determination. Another is how to extract meaning from the data, he said.

How long before someone gets offended or sues because a police officer asks them their race?  Or what if an officer assumes a person’s race and the person is of another race?  Would that cause some trouble? 

This has “bad idea” written all over it.  It’s designed to stoke racial tensions - not resolve them.