With the unemployment rate for black folks near 15 percent and the unemployment rate for black teenagers near 50 percent, we're talking about racial profiling? How about let's talk about something really important, like putting America back to work. Without a job, all that other stuff is pretty much meaningless.

I agree with Richard Schulte. Let's get more positive mental energy out into the ether for the good of all. Negativity is tiresome, and I'm bored with the same old drama.

All the Deerfield cops do is racial profile......

Just one correction to the article, the Village of Glencoe does not have a police department-it's a Public Safety Department. The Glencoe Public Safety Department is a combined police, fire and EMS department. Police officers are cross-trained to perform as fire fighters and EMS personnel.

There is no way any of us as individuals is qualified to answer the poll. That said, I have never seen the cops in harassing the black family across the street.

The poll is meaningless and one incident does not equal profiling. Every speeder has the same comment: "what about all the other speeders?" The cops can't catch everyone and someone is going to be the unlucky one. Break the law and pay the consequences without whining.

While I agree with the above comments that we have better things to do than discuss racial profiling, I think that in light of recent incidents (not just the incident with Glencoe but with others in suburban Chicago), I think that police officers and ALL public officials that go through on-the-job training in their career just be aware of things like this.

I have lived in Glencoe for over 35 years and our public safety department is one of the best and made up of great men and women. I'm tired of some people making issues out of their wrong doings! They seem to have a big chip on their shoulders.

At what point does profiling get confused with police work? Why are these articles being written? HMMM.

I grew up in Glencoe and have lived there the better part of my adult life. When I was in my 20's I dated a member of the Public Safety Department. A Commander at the time...as a matter of fact. Do the patrols racially profile? Absolutely. Got that straight from the horses mouth. They treat the (and this extends from the towns to the north and south to Evanston) as if it were a gated community. The wealth and population demand it. To those in the know...it is no secret. The people who voted no are simply naive.

I have lived in deerfeild for 4 years and I can not say that I have ever been racially profiled. However I can say for sure that people who live around here are just more snotty and unwillinging to embrace things as openly or quickly as compared to Chicago! And as for our police departments: they rock!

The Rev. broke the law and he happens to be black. The cop happened to see him breaking the law and effected a stop. While the cop's dealing with the lawbreaking Reverend, other bicyclists happen to go by and break the law. Some of those bicyclists were not black.

So by the insane race-baiting mentality, the Cop is supposed to cease effecting the stop of one individual to go after some others? Huh? How's that work? Lock the Rev in the back of the cop car and go chasing after them? Let the Rev stay there "on his honor and promise that he won't go anywhere and will wait for the Cop to come back"?

We're not talking about a murder, robbery, or some violent act - we're talking about bicyclists violating some signage so you deal with the current law breaker, and after you're done with that one, you maybe drive up the road to see if you can catch up with the other lawbreakers. Or maybe you radio to some other cops. Or maybe you've seen those people in the area before so you figure you'll catch up with them the next day.

Whatever. Continuing to deal with the current case at hand does not make one a racist for not going after other cases that happen to be occurring simultaneously.

The long and the short of this is a Reverend decided to break the law. He got caught. He was getting ticketed. If he hadn't broken the law, it wouldn't have been a problem. He's over 18 - the onus was on him to figure out how to comply with a directional sign

I cannot comment on racial profiling, but I am a member of the Evanston Bicycle Club, and this clearly isn't the first person who's gotten a ticket by bicycling through that construction zone instead of going around. It's clearly marked with signage. On June 15, Glencoe contacted us (and probably other cycling groups) with an informational warning.
The point is, riding through construction zones is not safe, and is particularly unwise when there are good parallel routes available, as is the case here.

Sheesh! Just another person using the race card. When will we just be people?

I have absolutely no idea if this specific incident was racially motivated. However ALL of the data suggest that police stop blacks more often than whites even when whites are more likely to commit the specific crime. I can quote study after study showing this is true. Here is are some examples:

http://www.rightsworkinggroup.org/content/racial-profiling-apparent-illinois-police-data

http://igpa.uillinois.edu/library/racial-profiling-and-illinois-policy-legislators-can-force-and-end-racist-stops

If you feel like a victim you'll act like a victim. Next time I get a ticket or I'm stopped or I'm questioned, I'm going to suggest its racial profiling regardless of my color.

Any ethnic or racial group could probably claim profiling of one kind or another.

I hate cops for taking my money with a seat-belt ticket when I was "flying" with 35 miles per hour :), Tue morning. Which bad guy is driving at 630 in the morning, ei? So I hate cops. That being said...without police, we are all dead, by lunchtime, so I love cops. Boy, it is complicated...I can't imagine how complicated must be for the cops themselves...knowing that we despise and respect them in the same time :) I don't know how much a cop makes but I'm sure is not even close to what they should be making based on their stress level. And ours hahahahahha.

This not new news and this no secret! Glenco police have been profiling for years and will continue to do it. They profile not just racially but buy the appearance of your vehicle. Many years ago I had to pass through this suburb to get to work and would get pulled over three days out of five by the same redheaded female officer. Yea of course I never received a ticket but just excuses that there have been a rash of burglaries in the area or that my tail light was not bright enough blah blah blah. But what else do you expect when passing though a wealthy North Shore community or any wealthy community in the USA? Experience the atmosphere of a police state for outsiders because the residents demand it!