Angry in the Great White North

From CNN:

Two men tried to re-enter Canada from the United States early Saturday with handguns and ammunition strapped to their bodies, Canadian police said.

Ali Dirie, 22, and Yasin Mohamed, 23 -- both Canadians from the Toronto area -- face weapons-related charges and are in police custody in Niagara Falls, Ontario, according to a police statement. Ontario's Provincial Weapons Enforcement Team and the Niagara Regional Police Service are investigating.

But this is rich:

Detective Sgt. Shawn Clarkson, of the Niagara Regional Police Service, would not say what led border officers to search the men.

Right. Ali and Yasin, in their early twenties?

I'm so certain racial profile had nothing to do with it. But if that's the case, why doesn't Sgt. Clarkson let us know what tipped them off?

Do you get the feeling that it would have been preferable to let these guys smuggle the guns over the border for God knows what purpose than to admit that a sharp-eyed border officer subjected these guys extra scrutiny in part because of their age and their race?

I guess 70-year-old grandmothers named Smith showing up at the border are going to get extra attention for the next few days, you know, just to balance things out.