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Expert: Racial Profiling Hindering Airport Security

August 24, 2012

The Inspector General of the U.S. Homeland Security department is investigating complaints from airport security officials that they are being pressured by supervisors into racially-profiling passengers. It’s part of a security procedure known as a “chat down,” in use at Boston’s Logan and Detroit Metro Airports, where officers ask a few questions to screen for passengers who could pose a threat. The government says the procedure – officially called the SPOT program – is far more effective than random searchers. It’s based in large part on research conducted by Dr. Paul Ekman. And he tells WDET’s Quinn Klinefelter that using racial profiling is exactly the WRONG thing to do in the SPOT program…