At press time the gutted Ranum bill was going to the Judiciary Committee where mandatory data collection could be restored. However, it is unclear if either Ranum or other legislators have the will to do so. With the passage of the symbolic Stanek bill and opposition to mandatory data collection by police unions, DPA Commissioner Weaver and the Governor, community leaders are not optimistic. They predict that the battle will be to stop passage of a bill that doesn't address racial profiling with action. The issue is when institutions and individuals have the power to inflict their racism on others.
Police have all that power and there's never any consequence.
We have to monitor what police do with that power. Police are held to a much lower standard. Like Abuka Sanders, shot 34 times for driving erratically, and Barbara Shneider who was gunned down - shot nine times. Police said she threatened them with a paring knife, though they had to break down her bedroom door to find that out. These officers were not indicted.