"Since racism is systemic" You can't just say this without actual proof. The George Floyd killing was a tragedy, but not proof of systemic racism. On top of

"Since racism is systemic" You can't just say this without actual proof. The George Floyd killing was a tragedy, but not proof of systemic racism. On top of this, the officer involved (who actually knew George Floyd prior to killing him) is being brought up on charges, which is the exact opposite of what happens in a system that has systemic racism. "Inference (ML) predicts the future from the past. If the past is racist" Predictive policing only gives you an idea of where crime might occur based on previous crimes happening in the area and other factual data. Innocent people weren't being arrested in mass based on what the models tell them. Officers will send out a few more patrols to areas that historically have more crime based on these models and they will most likely arrest more as a result. This is a good thing and actually reduces the crime rate. Removing all of these systems on top of making it harder for the average person to defend themselves with a firearm will only result in the loss of innocent life and encourage more crime in mostly minority areas of the country. "If cops arrest more black people per capita, then send the cops to black neighborhoods and have them follow black parolees. The system works (according to an objective function which maximizes arrests.) Remove racism and send the cops to white neighborhoods. Now the cops don't arrest as many people. The system fails. So I think it's likely that if you remove racist policing from predictive policing, you get the null hypothesis." There is a bigger police presence in black neighborhoods because more crime happens there and as a result, more African Americans will be arrested. If we want to stop this, we need to get to the root of the problem instead of blaming everything else. Calling it 'systemic racism' is just another way of creating a bias against an entire group of people without having any actual proof to back it up. It also allows for the complete absolving of personal responsibility. I feel like this is the beginning of the war on science because the results are politically incorrect. It's like a new woke religion and if you question the god of racism, you will have your entire life taken away from you (job, friends, and family). The only reason this nonsense persists is because the silent majority are too afraid to speak up and have everything taken away from them.