After all, just because victims of the Chandler Rapist say that their attacker was Hispanic doesn't mean that he should be described that way.

Spanish-language radio station has protested the police description of the "Chandler Rapist" as a "Hispanic," claiming it amounts to racial profiling.

The man, believed responsible for five attacks on teenage girls since June 2006 and possibly a sixth on Thursday, is described as Hispanic, 28 to 40 years old, 5 feet 6 inches tall, muscular, with a mustache and black hair.

Radio station 1190AM refused to use the word "Hispanic" when it broadcast the description.

"We need to be fair when we describe the person and saying this person is Hispanic, is, I think, profiling," said Mayra Nieves, vice president of programming for New Radio Venture, which owns 1190AM.

She said the man may look Hispanic, but may not be.

"It's feeding more into the anti-Hispanic sentiment that everybody's saying is not there, but is seen everywhere," Nieves said. "For me, saying he's Hispanic because the victims are saying he's Hispanic, is actually doing racial profiling."

yeah, we wouldn't want to risk racial profiling by giving credence to the statements of those brutally assaulted by a rapist. Political correctness must trump legitimate law enforcement needs. I sure hope that the cops are pulling in a sufficient number of white, black, and Asian men to ensure that there are no accusations of racial profiling when the case is brought to trial.

But I think the radio station should go a bit further in its protest -- why describe the Chandler Rapist as male? After all, he could be a woman with a very large clitoris or a strap-on sex-toy.

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