searching bags, paranoia in the U.S

      The 4th amendment says the search and seizure of others environment and belongings is illegal without consent from court (a warrant). But, now apparently the police here think they now have the privilege to bend the rules to say they have "probable cause" to search your bag. This is not fair because this can be very offensive to many ethnic groups. Because of this it becomes a repetitive insult to those of who it offends. If you look at how these train bombings are caught, its from people who realize there is something wrong with the container that is in the train left alone. So I think its completely unnecessary if people are already vigilant about their surroundings or perhaps officers should just patrol the trains looking for anything suspicious.