Let's pick apart her words to construct a bollocks accusation of hate speech, because clearly it is the white man who was the victim here...
I never said that... and I'd appreciate it if you didn't assume.
Redneck is a specific subset of white people.
I can point you to a few songs that would say the same about "nigger".
Considering that your word has an extensive history which says otherwise, those songs would be irrelevant.
Redneck has never meant a specific skin pigment and has always been a sub-group of people who exhibit certain behaviors.
It doesn't matter if you think the song is irrelevant. It's usage is determinant. It's used today as a hypocritical meaning just as redneck refers mainly to white lower class derogatory today.
It certainly did just now as RedKing pointed out in that post.
The thing you have to understand about police is that they deal with criminals all day long. If you give them an ounce of flack, they'll put you on the ground and cuff you. They do it to protect themselves, being out there day after day with the dirt of society trying everything they can to hurt/kill them at any moment.
No, they don't do that to protect themselves. They do that to vent frustration. You seem to forget, I work with cops and other assorted law enforcement on a daily basis. It's an incredibly stressful and difficult job, but they still have an obligation to perform that job with respect to civil liberties. They're not legally allowed to beat the shit out of someone for "giving them some lip" (but it still happens in places). They're not allowed to cuff and detain someone for hours on end without actually arresting them and without giving them access to legal counsel, to information about *why* they're being detained, etc. This is the kind of bullshit you'd expect to see in a Third World country, not the United States of America.
First Point: I don't "forget" anything. I don't stalk people here so I don't know what your job is or keep close tabs on who does what. I talk on a per instance case, how I see it.
Second Point: I'm sure NONE of them act in defense and obviously, the police in this situation are terrible people. That's obviously the best thought process to pursue.
Do you think they would have asked a white woman if she was wearing explosives?
Absolutely not... they would have treated her the same way. To assume that they would treat her different is sort of racist.
If she could speak English?
Same as above. They have a procedure and a process to handle the situation. Get the person off the plane and question them. They aren't going to question the person right there in the seat if someone reported them for suspicious activity. If anything, I think the police treated her rather well on the plane. If they thought she was there to do damage, they would have checked for explosives right there in her seat with disregard for her feelings.
If the main targets of interest were the two Indian men,
We don't know that. Do you have the paperwork that states that fact? All we know is that there were four people who were detained. One of them happened to be this woman, who may or may not have been reported for suspicious activity.
Edit: Excuse me... All we know is: "that someone on the plane had reported that the three of us in row 12 were conducting suspicious activity. "
...you're trying to excuse it or redirect the discussion because she used the word "redneck"?!?
This is why we can't have productive conversations.
All I said was that it was ironic that she feels violated for being profiled, while profiling back. You are assuming... (read the following)
You need to curb your assumptions.
And a few people around here do as well... I'm not sure why I'm being singled out.