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Homicide rates are unlikely to have this kind of bias though. And they're heavily against blacks. It's unlikely whites being murdered go unreported, or that any

Homicide rates are unlikely to have this kind of bias though. And they're heavily against blacks. It's unlikely whites being murdered go unreported, or that anyone gets off with a warning. But inner city homicide has a low solving rate. If the reporting rate is also lower, then it could be even worse than the 4-7x overrepresentation of blacks in homicide. This seems to be the case in London, too, so it's a bigger issue than just the US. But for things like drug possession, yes, blacks probably get stopped much more and not let off with warnings much less.

AstralStorm 8y ago
Untangling cause from effect in this case is extremely hard. It is like with plagues. If you put many people with plague in one area do expect that others will catch it. If the rule to segregate is silly enough do expect a correlation of plague with certain characteristics of people put together and the locations. Or their sizes. Maybe it is "cities" or "presence of slums" not skin colour, combined with overrepresentation of people with certain skin colour in them. It takes some write genius analysis and experimentation to untangle such complex effects from causes. Call again when you have an AI that can deal with this. Essentially a researcher AI.
gowld 8y ago
"Blacks". Are homicide rates 4x-7x higher among "blacks" in Ben Carson's gated residential community? In Boca Raton and Beverly Hills? Or might their be other factors you are ignoring?
- MichaelGG 8y ago
  In only responding to the claim that the stats are wrong because of police oversampling blacks. With homicide, no one can make that case. If lack of money causes homicides, we should expect to see all poor rural areas have high homicide rates, too. Maybe that's true. Another factor seems to be sex. Males commit so much more violence, so perhaps that's the only thing to focus on.

AstralStorm 8y ago

Untangling cause from effect in this case is extremely hard. It is like with plagues. If you put many people with plague in one area do expect that others will catch it. If the rule to segregate is silly enough do expect a correlation of plague with certain characteristics of people put together and the locations. Or their sizes. Maybe it is "cities" or "presence of slums" not skin colour, combined with overrepresentation of people with certain skin colour in them. It takes some write genius analysis and experimentation to untangle such complex effects from causes. Call again when you have an AI that can deal with this. Essentially a researcher AI.

gowld 8y ago

"Blacks". Are homicide rates 4x-7x higher among "blacks" in Ben Carson's gated residential community? In Boca Raton and Beverly Hills? Or might their be other factors you are ignoring?

MichaelGG 8y ago
In only responding to the claim that the stats are wrong because of police oversampling blacks. With homicide, no one can make that case. If lack of money causes homicides, we should expect to see all poor rural areas have high homicide rates, too. Maybe that's true. Another factor seems to be sex. Males commit so much more violence, so perhaps that's the only thing to focus on.