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Or underpolicing. Blacks are at much higher risk of being the victim of violent crime than whites. Even the boy in the article's brother was murdered. Lack of s
by lopmotr 7y ago
Or underpolicing. Blacks are at much higher risk of being the victim of violent crime than whites. Even the boy in the article's brother was murdered. Lack of security means people take it into their own hands and you get violent gangs and/or a harmful honor based society.
- jmull 7y agoI'm pretty sure the previous poster is mainly referring to the criminalization of low-level drug use and the heavily racially biased enforcement of it. You're talking about the heavily racially biased under-enforcement/implementation of laws and programs to reduce violent crime. Just highlighting that a racial bias in the criminal justice system is the common theme. Not that you weren't making the same point, it just didn't seem clear to me one way or the other. Here are some nice stats if anyone wants some numbers to chew on: https://www.naacp.org/criminal-justice-fact-sheet/ https://www.naacp.org/criminal-justice-fact-sheet/