Rod Wheeler Sure Knows the Difference Between Hispanics and Chinese

Do you know who Rod Wheeler is? Well, I didn’t … until this week, when Fox News invited the former homicide detective to face off with Mayra Nieves, a local Spanish-language radio executive about the infamous Chandler rapist, a suspect sought out for the rape of several teenage girls in the Phoenix area who has brought about — in addition to the understandable panic and manhunt — a heated debate about racial profiling.

The issue at stake is the local police’s description of the suspect (still at large) as a “Hispanic male” and the outcry of the local Hispanic community about what that means exactly. Ms. Nieves, the VP-of programming for KMYL (1190 AM) and also a guest on this week’s Hannity and Colmes show on Fox News, came out to denounce one simple issue: what exactly do cops mean by looking for a “Hispanic male”? “*

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