I am still not clear on why that's a problem. If the goal is to reduce or deter crime, and there's an effective way to do that, why does it matter what correlat

I am still not clear on why that's a problem. If the goal is to reduce or deter crime, and there's an effective way to do that, why does it matter what correlation it has to outside demographic factors? I would argue that not containing crime in a known high-crime area just because of correlation to 'high levels of ethnic minorities' is itself racist, since that is itself an act of making race a factor in decision making. It also doesn't fit what minorities actually want. As an example, an overwhelming majority of Black Americans want policing to stay the same or increase (https://news.gallup.com/poll/316571/black-americans-police-retain-local-presence.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/316571/black-americans-police-r...), rather than decrease, despite what (predominantly-white) activists have been pushing for in the last year.