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There are ~220x more whites than blacks in Montana, yet only 85x more whites are pulled over. How is it your conclusion that whites are 4x more likely to be sto
by mikeash 9y ago
There are ~220x more whites than blacks in Montana, yet only 85x more whites are pulled over. How is it your conclusion that whites are 4x more likely to be stopped when accounting for population? Just from those numbers it looks like blacks are 2-3x more likely to be stopped.
- swebs 9y agoYou're right, I multiplied by .04 instead of .004. I'll edit that out.
- mikeash 9y agoYou still have the part where you say the numbers aren’t surprising and you don’t trust the claims, which also doesn’t seem to add up.
- calvinbhai 9y agoI wonder if the %age of infractions (across a range of severities) tend to be the same across all races. Because if it is, the white people should be pulled over at least 3x times more. Another thing I dot understand: when a cop pulls over a vehicle, how is it possible for the cop to know if the car is being driven by a black person or not? so, it is possible that of all those pulled over, a greater %age of black drivers get ticketed for smaller infractions.
- mikeash 9y agoMaybe I’m misunderstanding your last paragraph, but it’s pretty easy to observe the race of the driver from the outside in most cases.