Question

When a serial murderer known as the "Railroad Killer" was being sought some years ago, the FBI interviewed people who had been in the areas of the crimes and might have seen the perpetrator. As a result of those reports, the FBI issued a Wanted poster for a "Hispanic male" of a certain description. During one of the press briefings, a reporter asked the FBI agent in charge of the search whether specifying that the suspect was Hispanic constituted discrimination. How would you have answered if you had been that FBI agent? Present your answer in the form of an argument.

Answer 1

There is no way in which the term "hispanic male" can constitute discrimination.

The suspect was indeed Spanish-speaking, according to the investigation done by the FBI and the data collected by the witnesses.

It is a term correctly used to distinguish a person who speaks Spanish and to place this information on a Wanted Poster is more appropriate than to say: "he speaks Spanish".

Ángel Maturino Reséndiz was effectively the "Railroad Killer" known for killing 15 people near the train tracks.

He was a 46-year-old Mexican man who was sentenced to death after proven guilty in these murders.

The FBI managed to make a deal with Angel's sister who decided to help them in order to imprison her brother, and that way they managed to catch him.